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Meaning of brassen | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

To make like or become like brass, particularly in fortitude or colour

ambitransitive

Examples

“He could possibly understand a man wishing to blacken the gray as he aged, it was only natural—to a point, and then it was not. But to brassen one's hair like a homosexual?”
“'You seem disappointed, was I supposed to brassen up. I thought this was other biz, not a shag call.'”

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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