"Brassie" Quotes from Famous Books
... Breakfast he would break it to her that the Brassie had developed too much of a Whip and he had decided ... — Ade's Fables • George Ade
... the most trying part of the afternoon's sport, but a young man of correct breeding and good taste will always remember the respect due an older man, and will not make the vulgar error of telling his employer for God's sake shut up before he gets a brassie ... — Perfect Behavior - A Guide for Ladies and Gentlemen in all Social Crises • Donald Ogden Stewart
... boys took me into the paster, and they had it all dug up into what they called a "T," and they had a wheelbarrer full of little Injun war clubs. They called one a nibbler, and another a brassie, and a lot of other fool names I never heerd afore, and can't remember now. Then they brought out a little wooden ball 'bout as big as a hen's egg, and they stuck it up on a little hunk of mud. Then they told me to take one of them thar war clubs ... — Uncles Josh's Punkin Centre Stories • Cal Stewart
... The brassie is much like the driver, except that it has a brass head or plate on the hitting part. It is used for a good send when the ball is ... — Healthful Sports for Boys • Alfred Rochefort |