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Meaning: (idiomatic,UK,Ireland)Nervy;cheeky;shameless.2007August 6, Dave Hill, “Plane sailing?”, inThe Guardian[1]:I was at Stansted airport with my wife, younger kids and a niece the other week to take a flight to Dublin; one provided by thatbrass-necked, self-proclaimed champion of the air-travelling masses Michael O'Leary and his low-cost trailblazer Ryanair.2019September 26, Polly Toynbee, “Boris Johnson’s brutish parliamentary performance defied all democratic dignity”, inThe Guardian[2]:“Humbug”. That word may sink him. “Unfit” was Corbyn’s sombrely measured term. Brazen,brass-necked, thrashing about wildly in proclaiming the 11 supreme court justices “wrong”, Boris Johnson’s performance last night defied all democratic dignity.
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