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Brass-bound   Listen
adjective
brass-bound, brassbound  adj.  
1.
Inflexibly entrenched; as, brassbound traditions.
Synonyms: ironclad, unchangeable.
2.
Having trim or fittings of brass; as, a brassbound campaign chest; the heavy brass-bound door.





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"Brass-bound" Quotes from Famous Books



... bowed his head, and pulled his cap down over his eyes; but they could see a quiver in his face, and the brass-bound pipe-stem trembled in ...
— The Song Of The Blood-Red Flower • Johannes Linnankoski
... the various antiques about the parlor, heirlooms of former family greatness, arranged with an eye to tasteful effect. On the shelves in the corner some articles connected with family history were intermingled with curiosities brought from the East. A pair of brass-bound pattens hinged in the middle, once worn instead of overshoes by some colonial ancestress, sat alongside a pair of oriental sandals. Millard thought nothing could be more in keeping with the ancient desk and table than the unaffected and straightforward manner ...
— The Faith Doctor - A Story of New York • Edward Eggleston


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