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Brass

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Impudence. A lawyer said to a troublesome witness, “Why, man, you have brass enough in your head to make a teakettle.” “And you, sir,” replied the witness, “have water enough in yours to fill it.”

Sampson Brass. A knavish attorney; servile, affecting sympathy, but making his clients his lawful prey. (Dickens: Old Curiosity Shop.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Brandenburg
Brandimart
Brandon
Brandons
Brandy is Latin for Goose
Brandy Nan
Branghtons (The)
Brank
Brasenose (Oxford)
Brass
Brat
Brave
Bravery
Bravest of the Brave
Brawn
Bray
Brazen Age
Brazen-faced
Brazen Head
Brazen out (To)