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  • noun Plural form of brassie.
  • noun Plural form of brassy.

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Examples

  • "I didn't realize that ogres crossbred with brassies."

    Roc and a Hard Place Anthony, Piers 1995

  • "I didn't realize that ogres crossbred with brassies."

    Roc and a Hard Place Anthony, Piers 1995

  • "You don't know about apologies among the brassies?"

    The Color of Her Panties Anthony, Piers 1992

  • "You don't know about apologies among the brassies?"

    The Color of Her Panties Anthony, Piers 1992

  • A charming effect was produced by a guard of honour, composed of members of the golf club, holding aloft crossed brassies, beneath which the happy pair passed into the church, while the caddies clashed niblicks and other iron clubs.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914 Various

  • Their brassies unswervingly held to the line of the pegs;

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 3, 1914 Various

  • If by means of a raking drive and four perfect brassies at the sixth he managed to get one up for

    The Sunny Side 1919

  • As a rule I need a fair drive and two screaming brassies on this long fifth before I am in position to approach across the ravine.

    Torchy As A Pa Sewell Ford 1907

  • The greater elaboration of such brassies as we had seen impressed us, and we also found some trouble with our oak heads in that, being green, they were rather inclined to chip and crack.

    The Complete Golfer Harry Vardon 1903

  • Drivers and brassies vary a little, cleeks and irons differ much, but mashies are more unlike each other than any of them.

    The Complete Golfer Harry Vardon 1903

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