What does brasswork mean?
Brasswork means Work or ornamentation made of brass..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Work or ornamentation made of brass..
The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams, / And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound.
The locomotive had been magnificently burnished at Norwich depot, with polished brasswork and red-painted coupling rods—all the more creditable, Dr. Allen adds, as it spent many months last winter in open store.
Use brasswork when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Brasswork means Work or ornamentation made of brass..
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The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams, / And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound.
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