"It don't need a heap of guessing when a train 'sharp,' who's got the conductor grafted from his brassbound cap to the soles of his rotten feet, gets into a scrap how things are going to end.
"The Son of his Father"
Ridgwell Cullum
"Ah, Seattle," the brassbound official murmured.
"The Son of his Father"
Ridgwell Cullum
There were lockers along the floor under the bed, and along the sides of the cabin, and in one corner a heavy chest such as seamen often use to contain their valuables, this being brassbound and padlocked.
"The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island"
Cyril Burleigh