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brassbound
[bras-bound, brahs-]
adjective
having a frame or reinforcements strengthened or made rigid by brass, bronze, etc., as a trunk or chest.
rigid; inflexible.
brassbound regulations.
impudent; brazen.
brassbound presumption.
brassbound
/ ˈɑːˌʊԻ /
adjective
inflexibly entrenched
brassbound traditions
Word History and Origins
Origin of brassbound1
Example Sentences
Taisin had taken out her small brassbound trunk and opened it, but now she paused with her hand on a glass vial.
“But she’s got brassbound opinions. Just you leave the bottle under the seat.”
Oh, you may keep on smiling, you brassbound blackguard; I hope you'll find the reality as amusing as you seem to find the prospect.
In his terms and way of speech, he draws no new farrago from his brassbound shipmate.
The youngster resumed his swollen cheek and escorted Morris up three flights of slippery brassbound stairs.
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