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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2006-05-23 06:57 am

brummagem

brummagem - adj.. cheap, showy, tawdry; spurious, fake.


Alteration of Birmingham, as in the English city, from its being a source of counterfeit coins in the 17th century. Stress on the first syllable, with a soft g.

---L.

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