He was getting on-on; he wouldn't polish Brasses and take the lodgers' boots to be mended!...
"The Story of Louie"
Oliver Onions
There was a famous antique shop there-memory of other days-and she wanted to browse a while in search of Brasses and bronzes.
"A Fool and His Money"
George Barr McCutcheon
Arctura was strong and blithe; she could fetch and carry, make fires, wash dishes, clean knives and Brasses, do all that came hardest to us; and could do, in other things, with and for us, what she saw us do.
"We Girls: A Home Story"
Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney