Brummagem
showy but inferior and worthless.
a showy but inferior and worthless thing.
Historical Examples
Aunt Rachel David Christie Murray
The Slang Dictionary John Camden Hotten
Beatrice Boville and Other Stories Ouida
Merrie England In The Olden Time, Vol. 2 (of 2) George Daniel
Mary Barton Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Lewis Rand Mary Johnston
Riding for Ladies Mrs. Power O’Donoghue
Certain Personal Matters H. G. Wells
A Millionaire of Yesterday E. Phillips Oppenheim
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 9, 1891 Various
noun
an informal name for Birmingham Often shortened to Brum
(sometimes not capital) something that is cheap and flashy, esp imitation jewellery
adjective
(sometimes not capital) cheap and gaudy; tawdry
adj.
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