A newspaper in the American city of Philadelphia used the term in nineteen forty-nine. It called the most important police officials, top brass.

1949年美国费城一家报纸使用这个术语，将高级警员称为top brass。

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He inscribed "Birmingham city of a thousand trades" on the tip of a brass screw.

肖特还在一个黄铜螺丝钉的尖上雕刻了“伯明翰市，千行百业”的字样。

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And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the Treasury of the house of the LORD.

众人就用火将城和其中所有的焚烧了。惟有金子，银子，和铜铁的器皿都放在耶和华殿的库中。

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But the dirt didn't dampen the spirits of the developers and city brass who'd called the press conference.

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