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Underlying all that is the fragile ego of a state whose outward brassiness is often a cover for an inferiority complex stoked by its glittering neighbor.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Despite their brassiness, the gang was also deterred by small measures, authorities say.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2024

How boring the world would be if all the Beccas were shamed into hiding by people who think brassiness is just a failure of breeding and taste.

From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 2018

Orchestra, directed by Rob Berman — has little of the showstopping brassiness associated with Kander and Ebb.

From New York Times • May 7, 2015

And studying the fellow's countenance, he decided that, despite its brassiness and simple cunning, it was scarcely the countenance of a rascal.

From The Regent by Bennett, Arnold