brassbound
Americanadjective
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having a frame or reinforcements strengthened or made rigid by brass, bronze, etc., as a trunk or chest.
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rigid; inflexible.
brassbound regulations.
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impudent; brazen.
brassbound presumption.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of brassbound
Example Sentences
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In the brassbound Pentagon, there are more admirals than ensigns, more generals than second lieutenants.
From Time Magazine Archive
Facing the wigged high judges of Britain had failed to dent her brassbound confidence, but facing this crowd was something else.
From Time Magazine Archive
Next day from General Walsh's brassbound ranks emerged two dissenters.
From Time Magazine Archive
The excellent Peter Finch appears as a brassbound industrialist named Krogh who traffics with the Nazis to sustain and increase his fortune.
From Time Magazine Archive
Taisin had taken out her small brassbound trunk and opened it, but now she paused with her hand on a glass vial.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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