I'll get to use quince and brummagem and all those portmanteau words I could never work into a book title. |
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The Brits have a word for such cheap, showy counterfeits: brummagem. |
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We see it as a Brummagem display and it usually inspires thoughts we cannot air in polite company. |
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They suffer all the Brummagem sentiments emanating therefrom, and return confirmed in the belief that they have tasted the culture of Einstein and Beethoven. |
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This originates from the city's dialect name, Brummagem, which may in turn have been derived from one of the city's earlier names, Bromwicham. |
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