brass-bound

Example Sentences

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The program’s loyal and generally older viewers were so brass-bound in the 1990s that when Mr. Bode took over, even his beard proved controversial.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2022

At 8:45 Father took the old brass-bound Bible from its shelf.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Tour masters, schedules, reservations, brass-bound and inevitable, dash themselves to wreckage on the personality of the trip.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

He wore a black leather jerkin with metal studs and carried a brass-bound club as long as his arm.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

"Guess you don't want me to carry on with that there polishing job," he remarked nonchalantly, as he heaved the winded petty officer to his feet and indicated the debris of the brass-bound casks.

From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)