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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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    Brass rubbing was originally a largely British enthusiasm for reproducing onto paper monumental brasses – commemorative brass plaques found in churches...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • Brass is a Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, southern Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Twon-Brass on Brass Island along the coast, it...
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    Tuba (redirect from Brass bass)
    is the largest and lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibration – a buzz –...
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  • Steffani Anne Brass Vaughn (born February 16, 1992) is an American actress. Brass was born in Woodland Hills, California. She is the youngest of four...
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  • 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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  • British Standard Brass or British Brass Thread is an imperial unit based screw thread. It adopts the Whitworth thread form with a pitch of 26 threads per...
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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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  • Brass Eye (stylised as brassEYE) is a British satirical television series parodying current affairs news programming. A series of six episodes aired on...
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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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  • 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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  • Africa/Brass is a studio album by the jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane. It was released on September 1, 1961 through Impulse! Records. Coltrane's...
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    "Cold enough to freeze the balls off (or on) a brass monkey" (also "brass monkey weather") is a colloquial expression used by some English speakers to...
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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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  • Brass Monkey is a brand name of pre-mixed cocktails made by the Heublein Company. As with many lesser-known cocktails that are named after colloquial...
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    Corinthian bronze, also named Corinthian brass, aes Corinthiacum, or Grilver was a metal alloy in classical antiquity. It is thought to be an alloy of...
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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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  • The NWA Brass Knuckles Championship was a professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance, contested for in hardcore...
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