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brassbound

[ bras-bound, brahs- ]

adjective

  1. having a frame or reinforcements strengthened or made rigid by brass, bronze, etc., as a trunk or chest.
  2. rigid; inflexible:

    brassbound regulations.

  3. impudent; brazen:

    brassbound presumption.



brassbound

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adjective

  1. inflexibly entrenched

    brassbound traditions

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of brassbound1

First recorded in 1900–05; brass + -bound 1
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Taisin had taken out her small brassbound trunk and opened it, but now she paused with her hand on a glass vial.

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“But she’s got brassbound opinions. Just you leave the bottle under the seat.â€

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Oh, you may keep on smiling, you brassbound blackguard; I hope you'll find the reality as amusing as you seem to find the prospect.

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In his terms and way of speech, he draws no new farrago from his brassbound shipmate.

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The youngster resumed his swollen cheek and escorted Morris up three flights of slippery brassbound stairs.

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