"Brass Ring"

[James Harbeck]

Our own Michael Quinion has a suitable set of info on it:

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bra4.htm

It's just as I had always thought -- a reference to the brass ring
you try to grab for a prize while on the merry-go-round at the fair.

James Harbeck.

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