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brass necks

brass necks is the plural of brass neck.

Meaning of brass neck

Noun

brass neck (plural brass necks)

  1. (Ireland, UK, idiomatic) Gall, shamelessness, cheek.
    • This year's commemorations of the start of World War One are a stark reminder of the sacrifices politicians make with other people's lives – except nowadays they'll do so wearing a Help for Heroes t-shirt (almost entirely covering their brass necks). When it comes to the hypocritical lauding of the...2014 March 18, John Hyde, “Help for Heroes? Not from this government”, in The Law Society Gazette, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2014
  2. (Ireland, UK, idiomatic) A person with gall.
    • And it will need a strong hand to wield that knife, and it will need a steady nerve besides, because they have necks of brass, these aristocrats, I tell you: brass necks, all of them!2010 [2006], Robert Harris, Imperium (Cicero Trilogy), Random House, →ISBN, page 72

Questions about brass necks

What is brass necks the plural of?
Brass necks is the plural of brass neck.

Words near brass necks in the dictionary

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

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