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Brass

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 lint" for "skint".
I can't go out, I'm brass.
by wajimacallit January 26, 2007
mugGet the Brassmug.

Brass

having no money to spend
I can't go out this weekend, I'm brass.
by R3000 December 7, 2004
mugGet the Brassmug.

Brass

A section in a band that is full of people without the mental capacity to play an instrument with more than four buttons.
Brass players make for better kissers, though.
by SiameseGunKiss April 16, 2005
mugGet the Brassmug.

BrasS

A kind of metal that isn't as cool as silver or gold.
most metals are cool, but brass is lame
by where am i? March 4, 2005
mugGet the BrasSmug.

BrasS

He runs a flat with 2 brass.
by Neilesh September 4, 2003
mugGet the BrasSmug.

Brass

meaning something is rubbish, crap, shite, bollocks.

Originating from the 700th era of the byzanthianroing period where cavemen as such were digging around with their rocks and discovered brass, the first one went: uggy mcugg brassugg, which scholars have translated it to 'that's brass' which is now commonly used by ghetto teenagers.
"That new Dizzee Rascall choon was BRASS"

Pronounced Br.Ass
by Dr Howard Jones October 10, 2006
mugGet the Brassmug.

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