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Noun. 1. Money. 2. Prostitute. Short for brass nail, rhyming slang for tail, which is itself slang for, amongst other things, a woman and prostitute.
Brass monkeys is slang for very cold weather.
Brass band is London Cockney rhyming slang for hand.
money. From the 16th century, and a popular expression the north of England, e.g., 'where there's muck there's brass' which incidentally alluded to certain trades involving scrap, mess or waste which offered high earnings. This was also a defensive or retaliatory remark aimed at those of middle, higher or profesional classes who might look down on certain 'working class' entrepreneurs or traders. The 'where there's much there's brass' expression helped maintain and spread the populairity iof the 'brass' money slang, rather than cause it. Brass originated as slang for money by association to the colour of gold coins, and the value of brass as a scrap metal.
(1) marijuana (2) to inform authority about an individuals transgression of a rule; i.e. to grass someone up, to grass on someone, "you better not grass me up".
Noun. Very cold weather. From the phrase, 'cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'. Cf. 'brassy' and 'brass monkeys'.
Facts. Ere, you've got your brass wrong!
Noun. Impudence, cheek, nerve. Also brass-necked (adj). [Orig. Northern dialect]
Adj. Of the weather or air temperature, very cold. E.g."Wear a hat and scarf, it's brass monkeys out there." See 'brass monkey weather'.
Brass (shortened from brass nail) is slang for a prostitute. Brass is British slang for money.Brass is British slang for penniless.
A babbitt-lined blank of bronze that forms the bearing upon which the car rests. To brass a car is to replace one of those bearings
Knobs is Black−American slang for knees. Knobs is American slang for breasts.
Phrs. That and more. Used to emphasise agreement, or as a retort to an insult. E.g."The same to you with knobs on!"
Brass tacks is London Cockney rhyming slang for facts.
Old iron and brass is London Cockney rhyming slang for grass. Old iron and brass is British military rhyming slang for a pass.
Brass neck is British slang for intensely cheeky.
Adj. Very cold. From the phrase, 'cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'. Cf. 'brass monkey weather'
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pl.
of Bass
v. t.
To bring to the grass or ground; to land; as, to grass a fish.
v. i.
To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed.
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Green with grass.
n.
Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze.
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Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass.
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Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
v. t.
To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.
v. i.
To produce grass.
n.
Species of Serranus, the sea bass and rock bass. See Sea bass.
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A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.
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A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.
v. t.
To cover with grass or with turf.
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Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.
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Overgrown with grass; as, a grass-grown road.
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A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.
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Having knops or knobs; fastened as with buttons.
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A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer.
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A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob.
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