That suitcase had an air of solid finality about it, and its lock leered at me brassily.
"Humorous Ghost Stories"
Dorothy Scarborough
She would not see when, at its top, small as a fly at the point of a pencil, he waved his hat and, ululating brassily, gave vent to the desire to be noisily vocal which had clutched Sissy's throat into silence.
"The Madigans"
Miriam Michelson