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bold as brass

adj

Etymology

Popularly supposed to have originated in reference to Brass Crosby, Lord Mayor of London in the 1770s, who was bold enough to defy the British parliament. However, this origin theory is dismissed by some as bogus.

Definitions

  1. Very bold

    Very bold; very forward or impudent.

    • In true Victorian bold-as-brass fashion, passengers often travelled across structures built to span ravines and valleys and bodies of fast-moving water, even as debates rolled on into the safety and suitability of materials used.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA