"Brummagem" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Brummagem (not comparable)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of brummagem (“cheap and showy”). Tags: alt-of, not-comparable Alternative form of: brummagem (extra: cheap and showy)
    Sense id: en-Brummagem-en-adj-iIqzWDH1

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} Brummagem
  1. (UK, colloquial, dialect) The city of Birmingham, England. Tags: UK, colloquial, dialectal
    Sense id: en-Brummagem-en-name-UTXbwkoX Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Noun

Forms: Brummagems [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Brummagem (plural Brummagems)
  1. A person from Birmingham.
    Sense id: en-Brummagem-en-noun-F69Sz07H

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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