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high brass

British

noun

brass containing 65 per cent copper and 35 per cent zinc, used for most applications

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While she isn’t concerned about running out of competent, capable leaders among the high brass, she does have her concerns.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

The hotels were jammed with high brass, and the big silvery transports sweeping down on McCarran Field kept adding to the flood.

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Drafted by the Army & Navy as a contract carrier, Pan Am ferried high brass, spies, planes and war materials into Africa, Europe and Asia, and built 53 airports.

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The high brass had ordered this arrangement because it was easier to protect the aircraft from sabotage.

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Chamberlain could see, even at this distance: the high brass.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

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