Brass

[Sarah]

A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass.A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter isgenerally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, andBearing.

[Sarah]

A prostitute,from the cockney slang BRASS NAIL,meaning TAIL,tail being a slang name for a prostitute

[Sarah]

in a section of west london, this means bad, useless, crap

[Sarah]

*Ammunition casing.
*British terminology referring to negative quality.
*Another term for money.
*Synonym for shoot, used often by Australian military terminology.
*Powerful military commanders who, for example, call certain shots.

[Sarah]

The boss.

Brave.

A military commander who has a lot of medals. Or just medals and awards.

[Sarah]

I am pretty sure that the top comment is correct, it does mean prostitute in cockney rhyming slang but I read somewhere that it comes from people saying brass flute for prostitute which makes more sense to me then brass nail.

[Sarah]

courage, also known as balls,

[Sarah]

1)A word meaning bad/crap/shite

2)A word used to chow displeasure

[Sarah]

Adjective which causes its subject noun to be looked on in an unfavourable light, to say something is bad

[Sarah]

Having little or no money.

(pronounced with a short vowel sound as in hat not as in father.)

Note: Other UK-based definitions entered on this site probably stem from this definition, which itself is likely to be derived from the cockney rhyming slang brassic

[Tina]

A yellow alloy of copper and zinc.