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English Idioms :: tacks
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tacks - See: DOUBLE IN BRASS, GET DOWN TO BRASS TACKS. |
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Traditional English :: tacks
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tacks - n. & adj. --n. 1 a yellow alloy of copper and zinc.
2 a an ornament or other decorated piece of brass. b brass objects collectively.
3 Mus. brass wind instruments (including trumpet, horn, trombone) forming a band or a section of an orchestra.
4 Brit. sl. money.
5 (in full horse-brass) a round flat brass ornament for the harness of a draught-horse.
6 (in full top brass) colloq. persons in authority or of high (esp. military) rank.
7 an inscribed or engraved memorial tablet of brass.
8 colloq. effrontery (then had the brass to demand money).
9 a brass block or die used for making a design on a book binding. --adj. brass band a group of musicians playing brass instruments, sometimes also with percussion. brassed off sl. fed up. brass hat Brit. colloq. an officer of high rank, usu. one with gold braid on the cap. brass monkey coarse sl. used in various phrases to indicate extreme cold. brass-rubbing 1 the rubbing of heelball etc. over paper laid on an engraved brass to take an impression of its design.
2 the impression obtained by this. brass tacks sl. actual details; real business (get down to brass tacks). not a brass farthing colloq. no money or assets at all. [OE brós, of unkn. orig.] |
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Related Words
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brass
tie
upholstery
ccm
diamond
tack
horse
down
decorative
thumb
reflective
crazy
crow
trading
post
super
mandolin
map
pro
pin
furniture
beach
man
copper
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Most Often Usage
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brass tacks
tie tacks
upholstery tacks
ccm tacks
diamond tie tack
horse tacks
brass down tacks
decorative tacks thumb
reflective tacks
952 ccm tacks
crazy crow trading post brass tacks
ccm super tacks
mandolin tie tacks
decorative upholstery tacks
map tacks
ccm pro tacks
pin tacks
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