brass-knuckled

Dimon has worked hard over the years to sell investors and analysts on the notion that JPMorgan doesn't play by the same set of brass-knuckled rules as Goldman Sachs Group, Citigroup or even Bear Stearns -- which Dimon acquired with a healthy dollop of taxpayer help in the early days of the crisis.

Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chief, Wants Some R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Reuters Ryan McCarthy 2011

This mode requires brass-knuckled practicality, unapologetic self-analysis and brutal honesty.

Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Book launches, red-lining it, and new ways to shake it, part 1 2009

Now my favorite is not the brass-knuckled cousins, but the poem of his own beginning.

Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

Now my favorite is not the brass-knuckled cousins, but the poem of his own beginning.

Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

He can kill a demon with one brass-knuckled punch!

Robert Brenner: Doom And Taxes Robert Brenner 2011

Carney, who is known as being a bit more brass-knuckled than Gibbs and the other contenders, is, nevertheless, a creature of D.C., having previously served as TIME magazine's Washington bureau chief.

White House To Name New Press Secretary Sam Stein 2011

Now my favorite is not the brass-knuckled cousins, but the poem of his own beginning.

Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

Meet the brass-knuckled boys club of the White House press office.

Read this: The men of the White House press office The Reliable Source 2011

Carney, who is known as being a bit more brass-knuckled than Gibbs and the other contenders, is, nevertheless, a creature of D.C., having previously served as TIME magazine's Washington bureau chief.

White House To Name New Press Secretary Sam Stein 2011

He can kill a demon with one brass-knuckled punch!

Robert Brenner: Doom And Taxes Robert Brenner 2011