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#49995 12/19/01 06:28 PM
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#49996 12/20/01 02:06 AM
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I certainly have one of those accents! as Blackpool is about 250 miles north of Watford gap, but as far as "brass" is concerned I have heard the expression "brass neck" to mean cheek or bravado as in "after the way he treated her he had the brass neck to walk back in and think she would take him back"

Greetings from the 'pool

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#49997 12/20/01 04:24 AM
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> and worthless things as not worth a brass farthing

In Ozspeak we have "not worth a brass razzoo"

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