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brass-collar

[ bras-kol-er, brahs- ]

adjective

, Informal.
  1. unwaveringly faithful to a political party; voting the straight ticket:

    a brass-collar Democrat.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of brass-collar1

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55
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Example Sentences

The other end is bent slightly concave and soldered to a brass collar, B, which is threaded on the inside.

The brass collar D is held in place by the screw F, which draws the two ends together.

A brass collar bearing the name of the ship and the owner suggested that it was the only survivor of the shipwreck.

The queen of the Wavunias on the Congo wore a brass collar around her neck, which weighed from sixteen to twenty pounds.

Another fashionable masculine ornament is a brass collar, consisting of a number of spiral rings.

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