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brass
noun · DialectBrutally honest and gloriously unrefined, just like the northern hills.
A Northern English dialect term used to denote money, particularly in the context of wealth.
In the wild
“Where there is muck, there is brass, or so the old Yorkshire saying goes.”
Origin
A regional development recorded in the English Dialect Dictionary, reflecting the Victorian obsession with industrial grit.
Sources·Wright's English Dialect Dictionary/Oxford English Dictionary
Etymologist commentary·Michael Quinion, World Wide Words
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