high brass

British  

noun

1. brass containing 65 per cent copper and 35 per cent zinc, used for most applications

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Example Sentences

Chamberlain could see, even at this distance: the high brass.

From Literature

It's just that I'm still young enough to take the kind of shoving around these high brass figure we're going to get.

From Project Gutenberg

Matson stood in the cleared area surrounding the ship, a position of privilege he shared with a few city and state officials and the high brass from McChord Field, Fort Lewis, and Bremerton Navy Yard.

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It was the only roofed area on the planet large enough to hold the crowd of high brass that had assembled for the occasion.

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So you're to tell your story to the high brass down in Athens.

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