English Explanatory Dictionary

brass neck

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Gall, shamelessness, cheek.
A person with gall.

Pronunciation

en-au-brass neck.ogg

Word forms

brass neck brass necks

Etymology

From stick one's neck out.

Related words

brass-balled brass-necked brass-neck [to have] a neck like a jockey's bollocks

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