Brummagem

brummagem English Etymology Variant of en Birmingham showing metathesis of the first two consonants, as well as affrication of /ɡ/ and elision of /n/. Proper noun en colloquial en Birmingham Derived terms en Brum Noun en A person from Birmingham. en Brummie en obsolete slang A counterfeit coin. Adjective - en brummagem cheap and showy. en 1852 How Jeremiah Tubbs became engaged in the Irish elections of 1852 New Monthly Magazine and Humorist 66 He was “great” (as he expressed it) with the Bloomer who kept the bar where their club was held, and whom he styled “a spiffy girl,” and who had been graciously pleased to accept of a pair of very Brummagem-looking earrings, set with paste diamonds, with which he had presented her. https://books.google.com/books?id=CN8RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA66 Further reading en terms derived from toponyms