Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The operation of coating objects of metal with a film of brass.
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Examples
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Sadly he is following the arrogant example of Wendy Alexander in Scotland and brassing it out, thinking somehow that the electorate will forget about this through time.
Archive 2008-01-01 Not a sheep 2008
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As the sun rises the next morning, the hard toil of Night Custodial… all of the vacuuming, dusting, wiping, hosing, scrubbing, polishing, brassing, and so forth has restored the park to a sparkling clean state.
Disneyland fetes Third Shift Cast Members | The Disney Blog 2009
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Over at Labour Home, after months of brassing it out and/or keeping their heads down, we finally see the first signs of honesty from Labour fans.
April Praguetory 2008
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Over at Labour Home, after months of brassing it out and/or keeping their heads down, we finally see the first signs of honesty from Labour fans.
Archive 2008-04-01 Praguetory 2008
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The government has lurched from one crisis to another brassing it out with the support of a pliant BBC.
Ruth Turner Arrest - BBC Response Praguetory 2007
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The government has lurched from one crisis to another brassing it out with the support of a pliant BBC.
Archive 2007-01-01 Praguetory 2007
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For brassing small articles: To one quart water add half an ounce each of sulphate copper and protochloride of tin.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
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Norman Watt Roy plucking the bass, Eddie Roberts conducting things on guitar, James Taylor tickling the hammond and Haggis Horns brassing it up, the band really ran as
Virtual Festivals 2010
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With regard to restraint in not brassing up the crowd, I was told that more than the one warning shot fired would have been used but SOPs had the 9 milly sat under his thigh - apparently he caught the mag release when pulling it and only had the single round in the spout before the mag dropped out.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Personally if it was me being kidnapped by pirates the last thing I'd want is some untrained, trigger happy sailor brassing the boat they were taking me away in with a Minigun.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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