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brass nails

brass nails is the plural of brass nail.

Meaning of brass nail

Noun

brass nail (plural brass nails)

  1. (Cockney, slang) A prostitute.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brass, nail.

Questions about brass nails

What is brass nails the plural of?
Brass nails is the plural of brass nail.

Words near brass nails in the dictionary

  1. brass knuckles
  2. brass leaf
  3. brass monkey
  4. brass monkeys
  5. brass nail
  6. brass nails
  7. brass neck
  8. brass necks
  9. brass off
  10. brass out
  11. brass ovaries

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