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brass-collar — brass′ col′lar adj. unwaveringly faithful to a political party; voting the straight ticket: a brass collar Democrat[/ex] • Etymology: 1950–55, amer … From formal English to slang
brass-collar — /bras kol euhr, brahs /, adj. Informal. unwaveringly faithful to a political party; voting the straight ticket: a brass collar Democrat. [1950 55, Amer.] … Useful english dictionary
brass collar Democrat — noun Date: 1951 a conservative Democrat especially in the south who votes the straight Democratic ticket … New Collegiate Dictionary
brass-col|lar — «BRAS KOL uhr, BRAHS », adjective. U.S. Informal. brassbound; inflexible: »His sharecropper father was a brass collar Democrat out of the old South (Harper s) … Useful english dictionary
Brass — For other uses, see Brass (disambiguation). Brass die, along with zinc and copper samples. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc; the proportions of zinc and copper can be varied to create a range of brasses with varying properties.[1] In … Wikipedia
Collar (clothing) — William Shakespeare in a sheer linen collar of the early 17th century, a direct ancestor of the modern shirt collar. In clothing, a collar is the part of a shirt, dress, coat or blouse that fastens around or frames the neck. Among clothing… … Wikipedia
Collar (BDSM) — A BDSM style collar that buckles in the back. Detail of … Wikipedia
Collar stays — Plastic collar stay removed from shirt collar Underside of a men s shirt collar showing remova … Wikipedia
Collar pin — Norman Brearley, Australian aviation pioneer is shown in a digital image of a photograph taken in the 1920s. The head and shoulders image show him wearing flying goggles, a day suit, tie and collar pin. A collar pin (also called collar bar and… … Wikipedia
Livery collar — Sir Thomas More wearing the Collar of Esses, with the Tudor rose badge of Henry VIII, as Lord Chancellor, by Hans Holbein the Younger (1527). A livery collar or chain of office is a collar or heavy chain, usually of gold, worn as insignia of… … Wikipedia
