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brassen en · VERB

Etymology

From brass + -en.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To make like or become like brass, particularly in fortitude or colour
   • 'You seem disappointed, was I supposed to brassen up. I thought this was other biz, not a shag call.' 2011, Ken Bruen, Her Last Call to Louis MacNeice:
   • He could possibly understand a man wishing to blacken the gray as he aged, it was only natural—to a point, and then it was not. But to brassen one's hair like a homosexual? 2004, Tom Morrisey, Deep Blue, page 290:

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