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brummagem

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brum⋅ma⋅gem

  [bruhm-uh-juhm]
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–adjective
1. showy but inferior and worthless.
–noun
2. a showy but inferior and worthless thing.
Origin:
1630–40; local var. of Birmingham, England (Compare Bromwichham, Bromecham (17th century), ME Burmingeham); orig. in allusion to counterfeit coins produced there in the 17th cent.
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brum·ma·gem   (brŭm'ə-jəm)   
adj.  Cheap and showy; meretricious.

[Alteration of Birmingham, England (from the counterfeit coins made there in the 17th century).]
brum'ma·gem n.
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