brummagem Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center
    Birmingham.
  2. adjective satellite cheap and showy
    • a cheap Brummagem imitation

WordNet

Brum"ma*gem adjective
Etymology
Birmingham (formerly Bromwycham), Eng., "the great mart and manufactory of gilt toys, cheap jewelry," etc.
Definitions
  1. Counterfeit; gaudy but worthless; sham. Slang "These Brummagem gentry." Lady D. Hardy.

Webster 1913