brass-collar

brass-collar [bras-kol-er, brahs-] Word Origin adjective Informal.

1. unwaveringly faithful to a political party; voting the straight ticket: a brass-collar Democrat.

Origin of brass-collar An Americanism dating back to 1950–55 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019