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brummagem

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brum·ma·gem  (brm-jm)
adj.
Cheap and showy; meretricious.
[Alteration of Birmingham, England (from the counterfeit coins made there in the 17th century).]
brumma·gem n.
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Noun1.Brummagem - a city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center
Birmingham
England - a division of the United Kingdom
Adj.1.Brummagem - cheap and showy; "a cheap Brummagem imitation"
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
tasteless - lacking aesthetic or social taste


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