brass-collar

[ bras-kol-er, brahs- ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. unwaveringly faithful to a political party; voting the straight ticket:

   a brass-collar Democrat.

Word History and Origins

Origin of brass-collar¹

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55

Example Sentences

The other end is bent slightly concave and soldered to a brass collar, B, which is threaded on the inside.

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The brass collar D is held in place by the screw F, which draws the two ends together.

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A brass collar bearing the name of the ship and the owner suggested that it was the only survivor of the shipwreck.

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The queen of the Wavunias on the Congo wore a brass collar around her neck, which weighed from sixteen to twenty pounds.

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Another fashionable masculine ornament is a brass collar, consisting of a number of spiral rings.

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