brassbound

brass·bound

(brăs′bound′)

adj.

1. Banded or trimmed with brass or a similar metal, such as bronze.

2. Inflexible; rigid: brassbound party loyalists.

3. Bold and impudent; brazen.

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brassbound

(ˈbrɑːsˌbaʊnd)

adj

inflexibly entrenched: brassbound traditions.

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brass•bound

(ˈbræsˈbaʊnd, ˈbrɑs-)

adj.

1. having a frame or reinforcements strengthened or made rigid by brass, bronze, etc.: a brassbound trunk.

2. rigid; inflexible: brassbound regulations.

3. impudent; brazen: brassbound presumption.

[1900–05]

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Adj.	1.	brassbound - inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable; "brassbound traditions"; "brassbound party loyalists"; "an ironclad rule" ironclad inflexible - incapable of change; "a man of inflexible purpose"
	2.	brassbound - having trim or fittings of brass; "a brassbound campaign chest"; "the heavy brassbound door" bound - secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form; "bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes"

brassbound

adjective

Firmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will:

Idiom: stubborn as a mule.

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