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brassrubbing

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brass-rub⋅bing

[bras-ruhb-ing, brahs-]
–noun
1. an antiquarian's technique for copying designs from incised brass memorial slabs and the like.
2. a copy made by brass-rubbing. Compare rubbing (def. 2).

Origin:
1885–90
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