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brass

/bɹæs/ adjectif C2

En français : couleur de laiton

  1. Made of brass, of or pertaining to brass.
  2. Of the color of brass.
  3. Impertinent, bold: brazen. (informal)
  4. Bad, annoying; as wordplay applied especially to brass instruments. (slang)
  5. Of inferior composition.
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Dans la bibliothèque

But I’d better take him his fan and gloves—that is, if I can find them.” As she said this, she came upon a neat little house, on the door of which was a bright brass plate with the name “W.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 22 · B2
A RIVER carried down in its stream two Pots, one made of earthenware and the other of brass.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 27 · B2
The Earthen Pot said to the Brass Pot, “Pray keep at a distance and do not come near me, for if you touch me ever so slightly, I shall be broken in pieces, and besides, I by no means wish to come near you.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 27 · B2
I have no arms, and carry nothing but this one brass trumpet.” “That is the very reason for which you should be put to death,” they said; “for, while you do not fight yourself, your trumpet stirs all the others to battle.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 85 · B2

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