brassbound

[bras-bound, brahs-]

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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.

Origin of brassbound

First recorded in 1900–05; brass + -bound¹

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Related Words for brassbound

armored, durable, everlasting, firm, incorruptible, indestructible, invulnerable, lasting, resistant, rugged, solid, tight, unshakable, unyielding, adamantine, perdurable, infrangible, shatterproof, balky, bullheaded

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Historical Examples of brassbound

Then the back door—in halves—and the back step, brassbound, treacherous.
Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories
Henry Seton Merriman
I understood it was your business to provide escorts, Captain Brassbound.
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
George Bernard Shaw
After all, those men must really like you, Captain Brassbound.
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
George Bernard Shaw
Does Captain Brassbound always treat you like this, Mr. Drinkwater?
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
George Bernard Shaw
I did not know I was so favorably spoken of in these parts, Captain Brassbound.
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
George Bernard Shaw

British Dictionary definitions for brassbound

brassbound

adjective

inflexibly entrenchedbrassbound traditions

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