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Brummagem en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (alt-of, not-comparable) Alternative letter-case form of brummagem (“cheap and showy”).
   alt of brummagem
   • 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. 1852, “How Jeremiah Tubbs became engaged in the Irish elections of 1852”, in New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, page 66:

Brummagem en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A person from Birmingham.
2. (obsolete, slang) A counterfeit coin.

Forms

Synonyms

Brummie

Brummagem en · PROPN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (colloquial) Synonym of Birmingham

Deriveds

Brum

Synonyms

Birmingham