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Brummagem
"Brummagem" and "Brummagem ware" are also terms for cheap and shoddy imitations, in particular when referring to mass-produced goods. Brummagem in song
A song, "I Can't Find Brummagem", was written by James Dobbs (1781–1837), a Midland music hall entertainer.
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Brummagem
Brummagem, n. and a. (ˈbrʌmɪdʒəm) Also 7 Brom-, Brumicham, Brom-, Brim-, Brumigham, Bromedgham, Brumegeum, Brumisham, Brim-, Brumingham, 9 Brummejam. A. n. 1. A local vulgar form of the name of the town of Birmingham, in England. Hence (contemptuously), An article of Birmingham manufacture: spec. a....
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Brum
Brum may refer to:
Birmingham, England
Brummagem, a colloquial name for Birmingham, England or the Birmingham dialect
Brummie, inhabitants of Birmingham
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Brummy
Brummy colloq. (ˈbrʌmɪ) Also Brummie. [dim. of Brummagem.] A local name for a native or inhabitant of Birmingham. Also attrib.1941 G. Kersh They die with their Boots Clean ii. 65 You're a Brummy Boy. I can tell by your accent. 1956 Archit. Rev. CXX. 124/3 Now it tries hard to avoid being swamped by ...
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Rummidge
It is based on the English city of Birmingham, colloquially known as Brummagem, and the University of Rummidge is based on the University of Birmingham
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Brum
Brum A slang contraction of Brummagem; attrib. ‘counterfeit, not genuine’.[1862 Cornh. Mag. Nov. 648 (Hoppe) We have just touched for a rattling stake of sugar (i.e. a large stake of money) at Brum.] 1881 Standard 27 Sept. 2/1 The Lobster Smack, the house of call for the ‘brum’—i.e. unlicensed—pilot...
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brummish
ˈbrummish, a. low. [f. Brum, slang contraction of Brummagem + -ish.] Of coin: Of counterfeit character, doubtfully genuine.1805 G. Colman John Bull, Brit. Theat. 55 Two guineas..one seems light, and t'other looks a little brummish.
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Brummie dialect
Name
The term Brummie derives from Brummagem or Bromwichham, which are historical variants of the name Birmingham. history, its industrial background (as depicted by the arm-and-hammer in Birmingham's coat of arms) has led to a muscular and unintelligent stereotype: a "Brummagem
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Lance Norris
Trump Vol 1, 2017, Dutchco Press
The Brummagem Screwdriver, 2018, Dutchco Press
See also
Derren Brown
Pseudoscience
True-believer syndrome
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Alexander Haldane
Haldane's Record returned the compliment the following month, describing Conybeare as "a brummagem Sydney Smith."
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obelize
obelize, v. (ˈɒbɪlaɪz) Also 9 erron. obolize. [ad. Gr. ὀβελίζ-ειν to mark with a critical obelus: see obelus and -ize.] trans. To mark (a word or passage) with an obelus or obelisk; to condemn as spurious or corrupt.[1611 Coryat Crudities Ep. to Rdr. b ij b, Such seuere Aristarches as are wont ὀβελί...
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John Taylor (manufacturer)
There he set up a factory in what is now Union Street to manufacturer "Brummagem toys", such as buttons, buckles, snuff boxes and jewellery boxes.
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