brassbound

[bras-bound, brahs-]

adjective

1. having a frame or reinforcements strengthened or made rigid by brass, bronze, etc., as a trunk or chest.

2. rigid; inflexible.

   brassbound regulations.

3. impudent; brazen.

   brassbound presumption.

brassbound

/ ˈbrɑːsˌbaʊnd /

adjective

1. inflexibly entrenched

   brassbound traditions

Word History and Origins

Origin of brassbound¹

First recorded in 1900–05; brass + -bound ¹

Example Sentences

Taisin had taken out her small brassbound trunk and opened it, but now she paused with her hand on a glass vial.

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“But she’s got brassbound opinions. Just you leave the bottle under the seat.”

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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.

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In his terms and way of speech, he draws no new farrago from his brassbound shipmate.

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The youngster resumed his swollen cheek and escorted Morris up three flights of slippery brassbound stairs.

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