brummagem
Americanadjective
noun
noun
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Often shortened to: Brum. an informal name for Birmingham
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(sometimes not capital) something that is cheap and flashy, esp imitation jewellery
adjective
Etymology
Origin of brummagem
First recorded in 1675–85; local variant of Birmingham, England (compare Bromwichham, Bromecham (17th century), Middle English Burmingeham ); originally in allusion to counterfeit coins produced there in the 17th century
Example Sentences
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Rosary-like, 202-page addenda to Author-Naturalist Peattie's An Almanac for Moderns, brummagem "classic."
From Time Magazine Archive
To the feeble hope, ordinarily, of some sort of brummagem Utopia of creature-comforts, characterized by equality of condition, uniformity of life and thought, pervasive state regulation and the obliteration of traditional morality.
From Time Magazine Archive
The audience descended safely, opened their eyes, found themselves once more in the brummagem Astor ballroom.
From Time Magazine Archive
The outside of the car features leaded windows, cream panels, false brickwork and fake timbers, and the motif of brummagem antiquity is carried on inside.
From Time Magazine Archive
They name these brummagem cabarets after Pullman cars.
From The Beautiful and Damned by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)
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