2007-02-16 21:26:25 · 16 answers · asked by opoman 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
noun: a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
noun: a memorial made of brass
noun: an ornament or utensil made of brass
noun: an alloy of copper and zinc
noun: the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments
noun: impudent aggressiveness
noun: the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
noun: in a section of west london, this means bad, useless, crap
noun: Ammunition casing.
noun: Another term for "money".
noun: A prostitute,from the cockney slang BRASS NAIL,meaning TAIL,tail being a slang name for a prostitute
2007-02-16 21:33:44 · answer #1 · answered by BARROWMAN 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Brass Slang
2016-12-24 14:54:36 · answer #2 · answered by mccuistion 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brass Meaning
2016-10-01 08:23:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Brass" is a slang term for money or cash. Years ago a lot of our coins had brass in the alloy, hence the term Brass. It is used similarly in cockney rhyming slang. Brassic lint.. Skint!
2007-02-18 04:39:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It depends on the context in which it is used.
"Balls". That comes from the old expression about it being, "cold enough to freeze the balls off a Brass Monkey".
"Money". Coins were at one stage made from copper and brass.
"Officers". "Brass" referred to the gold on an Officer's Hat and Uniform.
"Courage". Someone who would do some thing that others would not was said to have the"Brass" (Balls) to do it.
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2007-02-16 21:58:21 · answer #5 · answered by Ashleigh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-18 06:38:36 · answer #6 · answered by Kaycee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Military slang for officers...because they wear medal insignia on their shoulder as opposed to enlisted fabric stripes. "Top Brass" is the highest officers.
Or...street slang for cash, money.
2007-02-16 21:53:14 · answer #7 · answered by Captain Jack 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Brass is a slang word used in reference to higher level officers in the armed services, because they have more brass(pins) on their chests.
2007-02-16 21:33:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
slang; also brass in pocket Money
slang; You've got a lot of brass telling me to do that! -(A brave or foolhardy attitude.)
2007-02-16 22:19:41 · answer #9 · answered by meisfabby007 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Brass" is cockney rhyming slang. "Brass tail" which rhymed with "nail" which in olden days meant a prostitute or whore. A brass house is a whore house.
2016-10-20 04:07:41 · answer #10 · answered by cadge 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋