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English Dictionary: Brummagem by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Brummagem
adj
  1. cheap and showy; "a cheap Brummagem imitation"
n
  1. a city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center
    Synonym(s): Birmingham, Brummagem
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Brummagem \Brum"ma*gem\, a. [Birmingham (formerly Bromwycham),
      Eng., [bd]the great mart and manufactory of gilt toys, cheap
      jewelry,[b8] etc.]
      Counterfeit; gaudy but worthless; sham. [Slang] [bd]These
      Brummagem gentry.[b8] --Lady D. Hardy.
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