Brasser is a Dutch and German occupational surname. "Brasser" in Middle Dutch meant "brewer" (as well as "boozer"), while the modern meaning is limited...
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Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, in proportions which can be varied to achieve different colours and mechanical, electrical, acoustic and chemical...
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Reindert Johannes Brasser also known as Jan Brasser (20 November 1912, in Amsterdam – 30 August 1999, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch athlete who competed in...
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Herb Alpert (redirect from Tijuana Brass)
1935) is an American trumpeter who led the band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (sometimes called "Herb Alpert and the TJB") in the 1960s. During the same...
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Willem Brasser (born 24 April 1957, in The Hague) is a sailor from the Netherlands. Since the Netherlands did boycott the Moscow Olympic Games Brasser represented...
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Look up brass monkey in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Brass monkey may refer to: Brass Monkey (band), an English folk band formed in 1982 Brass Monkey...
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The brass section of the orchestra, concert band, and jazz ensemble consist of brass instruments, and is one of the main sections in all three ensembles...
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A brass instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of...
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Brass rubbing was originally a largely British enthusiasm for reproducing onto paper monumental brasses – commemorative brass plaques found in churches...
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The Beat of the Brass is the tenth album by the popular instrumental group Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, released in 1968. It was the last album by...
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City of Brass may refer to: "The City of Brass" (One Thousand and One Nights), one of the stories of the One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights) "City...
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A brass band is a musical ensemble generally consisting primarily of brass instruments, most often with a percussion section. Ensembles that include brass...
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A brass fastener, butterfly clips, brad, paper fastener or split pin is a stationery item used for securing multiple sheets of paper together. A patent...
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Brass knuckles (also referred to as brass knucks, knuckledusters, iron fist and paperweight, among other names) are a melee weapon used primarily in hand-to-hand...
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Brass buttons may refer to: A Yorkshire idiom, meaning someone has no money, i.e. "And pay with what? Brass buttons"? Cotula coronopifolia, a small marsh...
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Look up brass or bräss in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Brass is a metal alloy of copper and zinc. "Brass" is also military slang for officers, especially...
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Look up brass tacks in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Brass Tacks or brass tacks may refer to: Brass Tacks (UK TV programme), a 1977–1988 British documentary...
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A brass catcher (also brass trap) is a device designed to capture cartridge casings, often made of brass, as they are ejected from a firearm. Various designs...
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The Brass Rail may refer to: The Brass Rail (Hoboken, New Jersey), a restaurant The Brass Rail (Toronto), a strip club This disambiguation page lists...
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The Brass Ankles of South Carolina, also referred to as Croatan, lived in the swamp areas of Goose Creek, South Carolina and Holly Hill, South Carolina...
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The Brass Are Comin' is a 1969 album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, the group's 13th release and its last album before disbanding in December 1969...
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A horse brass is a brass plaque used for the decoration of horse harness gear, especially for shire and parade horses. They became especially popular in...
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Brass Construction was an American funk group formed in Brooklyn, New York, United States, in 1968. They were originally known as Dynamic Soul, and went...
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dictionary. The term brasserie is French for "brewery", from Middle French brasser "to brew", from Old French bracier, from Vulgar Latin braciare, of Celtic...
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Brass Target is a 1978 American suspense war film based on the 1974 novel The Algonquin Project by Frederick Nolan. The film was produced by Berle Adams...
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Brass Against is a musical collective that creates brass-inflected cover versions of rock songs. The collective chooses politically charged songs and other...
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Balkan brass, popularly known by the Serbian name Truba (Serbian Cyrillic: Труба, "Trumpet"), is a distinctive style of music originating in the Balkan...
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Giovanni "Tinto" Brass (born 26 March 1933) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. In the 1960s and 1970s, he directed many critically acclaimed...
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Ramon Brasser and Alessandro Morbidelli in 2011. Their work was the first to focus on the magnitude of the bombardment caused by Planet V. Brasser and Morbidelli...
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"Brass in Pocket", also known as "Brass in Pocket (I'm Special)", is a song by English–American rock band the Pretenders, released in 1979 as the third...
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