brassbound
Americanadjective
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having a frame or reinforcements strengthened or made rigid by brass, bronze, etc., as a trunk or chest.
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rigid; inflexible.
brassbound regulations.
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impudent; brazen.
brassbound presumption.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of brassbound
Example Sentences
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Captains Courageous, a dry-docked, refitted version of Rudyard Kipling's brassbound tale, relates two stories.
From Time Magazine Archive
And thus I stood, with conscience free of blame, Until the brassbound car conductor came And said, "I do not like to interfere, But you must go inside; you can't stand here."
From Time Magazine Archive
The officer indirectly responsible for the orders that killed both men turns out to be the egregious Kenneth Widmerpool, whose fatuous careerism and brassbound egotism have provided veins of comedy running through all nine books.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the brassbound Pentagon, there are more admirals than ensigns, more generals than second lieutenants.
From Time Magazine Archive
Taisin had taken out her small brassbound trunk and opened it, but now she paused with her hand on a glass vial.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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