high brass
noun
Definition of high brass
1 : brass containing at least 33 percent zinc — compare low brass
2 : high-ranking officers or officials the living honorees weren't always political or military or railroad high brass — B. A. Botkin & A. F. Harlow doesn't know enlisted men and their opinion of high brass — G. W. Johnson
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First Known Use of high brass
1951
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