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

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

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

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

Opposite the bunk in which I lay, was the customary brass-bound port-hole, with a cushioned settee, or locker, below it.

From A Cabinet Secret by Boothby, Guy Newell