brass-necked
(idiomatic, UK, Ireland) Nervy; cheeky; shameless.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
(idiomatic, UK, Ireland) Nervy; cheeky; shameless.
I was at Stansted airport with my wife, younger kids and a niece the other week to take a flight to Dublin; one provided by that brass-necked, self-proclaimed champion of the air-travelling masses Michael O'Leary and his low-cost trailbl…
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