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To part brass rags: A lower-deck expression meaning to server friendship; to quarrel. Bluejacket chums always share the cleaning rags etc., which they use in polishing up brightwork on board ship. To "part brass rag" thus means to cease being on intimate terms, to become unfriendly. (See Raggie). [1]

References / notes

  1. Edward Fraser and John Gibbons (1925). Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases. Routledge, London p.35.
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