"brass-necked" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2007 August 6, Dave Hill, “Plane sailing?”, in The Guardian",
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          "ref": "2019 September 26, Polly Toynbee, “Boris Johnson’s brutish parliamentary performance defied all democratic dignity”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "“Humbug”. That word may sink him. “Unfit” was Corbyn’s sombrely measured term. Brazen, brass-necked, thrashing about wildly in proclaiming the 11 supreme court justices “wrong”, Boris Johnson’s performance last night defied all democratic dignity.",
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