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brassnecked

brassnecked is the alternative spelling of brass-necked.

Meaning of brass-necked

Adjective

brass-necked (comparative more brass-necked, superlative most brass-necked)

  1. (Ireland, UK, idiomatic) Nervy; cheeky; shameless.
    • I was at Stansted airport with my wife, younger kids and a niece the other week to take a flight to Dublin; one provided by that brass-necked, self-proclaimed champion of the air-travelling masses Michael O'Leary and his low-cost trailblazer Ryanair.2007 August 6, Dave Hill, “Plane sailing?”, in The Guardian

Forms of brassnecked

comparativemore brassnecked
superlativemost brassnecked

Questions about brassnecked

What is brassnecked the alternative spelling of?
Brassnecked is the alternative spelling of brass-necked.

Words near brassnecked in the dictionary

  1. brassish
  2. brassite
  3. brassière
  4. brassières
  5. brasslike
  6. brassnecked
  7. brassolid
  8. brassolids
  9. Brasstown
  10. brassware
  11. brasswares

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