brummagem的意思|brummagem的解释-里氏词典

brummagem ['brʌmәdʒәm]

a. 廉价而俗丽的

n. 俗丽的便宜货

Most people… cared nothing about Birmingham, which they had heard of only as a dirty place where most of the bad pennies( Brummagem buttons) come from.
许多人……都不喜欢伯明翰，他们只知道它是个藏圬纳垢的城市，大部分的假钱都是从那里来的。

brummagem

[ noun ]

a city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center

<noun.location>

[ adj ]

cheap and showy

<adj.all>

a cheap Brummagem imitation

Brummagem \Brum"ma*gem\, a. [Birmingham (formerly Bromwycham),
Eng., ``the great mart and manufactory of gilt toys, cheap
jewelry,'' etc.]
Counterfeit; gaudy but worthless; sham. [Slang] ``These
Brummagem gentry.'' --Lady D. Hardy.

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