Meaning brummagem
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brummagem"cheap and showy," 19c., from a noun, from the vulgar pronunciation of Birmingham, England, in reference to articles mass-manufactured there. The word also recalls Birmingham's old repu [..]
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brummagem(n) a city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center(adj) cheap and showy
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brummagemthis term is used to describe any showy, but inferior and worthless object. The APIC considers all fakes, reproductions and fantasy items as brummagem and is heavily frowned-upon.
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