Wordie: Brass

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(n): any alloy whose principal component is copper

(n): a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece

(n): a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath

(n): the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

(n): a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity

(n): impudent aggressiveness

(n): the quality of being bold and enterprising

(n): an ornament or utensil made of brass

(n): something used to beautify

(n): the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments

(n): a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class

(n): a memorial made of brass

(n): a structure erected to commemorate persons or events

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about 1 year ago brtom said:

" To me he appears the most impudent piece of brass that ever spoke with a tongue."
Goldsmith, She Stoops, III

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