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Definition of Brass ring
1. Noun. A rich opportunity or a prize. "He missed the brass ring at the Miami convention"
Definition of Brass ring
1. Noun. (idiomatic US) Figuratively, a prize or goal. Often used with respect to employment goals e.g. promotion, better job, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Literary usage of Brass ring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1864)
"... to which a brass ring (diminishing the diameter of the opening to three inches)
was cemented ¡ the ring was closed by an " exquisitely-ground" brass ..."
2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1856)
"... and which holds about 9 Ibs. or 10 Ibs. At the extreme apex is a brass ring,
to which is attached a rope and some pieces of granite, which moors them ..."
3. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1823)
"Account of a Calculus in the Urethra, formed upon a brass ring. (With an Engraving.
... brass ring ..."
4. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1856)
"At the extreme apex is a brass ring, to which is attached a rope and some pieces
of granite, which moors them about nine or ten feet below the surface, ..."
5. Scientific Papers by Sir George Howard Darwin, Ernest William Brown (1907)
"A brass cap like the lid of a pill-box has an inside measure { inch greater than
the outside measure of the brass ring. The brass cap has three rods which ..."
6. Mechanics Magazine (1825)
"К, а cross-bar through the centre of the brass ring, С (before described) ; in
the centre of this bar is a slit, through which the top of the pendulum ..."
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