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brummagem¹

Where it comes from

From Birmingham, England where cheap manufactured goods used to be produced.

adjective Brummajem

  1. not comparable Cheap and showy; meretricious. The unhappy man (who had cheated the sailors), innocent of danger, is seated on a grating with his combs, spy-glasses, necklaces, ribbons, and all the rest of his "Brummagem" trumpery, spread out before him.

noun brummagems · Brummajem

  1. alternative Alternative form of Brummagem (“person from Birmingham”).
  2. alternative Alternative form of Brummagem (“counterfeit coin”).

Brummagem²

Where it comes from

Variant of Birmingham showing metathesis of the first two consonants, as well as affrication of /ɡ/ and elision of /n/.

proper noun

  1. colloquial Synonym of Birmingham

    Similar: Birmingham

noun Brummagems

  1. A person from Birmingham.

    Similar: Brummie

  2. obsolete, slang A counterfeit coin.

adjective

  1. not comparable Alternative letter-case form of brummagem (“cheap and showy”). He was “great” (as he expressed it) with the Bloomer who kept the bar where their club was held, and whom he styled “a spiffy girl,” and who had been graciously pleased to accept of a pair of very Brummagem-looking earrings, set with paste diamonds, with which he had presented her.

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@misc{brummagem_2026,
  title = {brummagem},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brummagem},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}