double in brass (as something)

double in brass (as something)
double in brass (as something)
Fig. to serve in two capacities. (Alludes to a musician who could play the brass instruments as well as other instruments.) •

Wally was our bookkeeper and doubled in brass as a clerk.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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