What is counterfeit; gaudy but worthless; sham. [Slang] "These Brummagem gentry." Lady D. Hardy called?
brummagem — Counterfeit; gaudy but worthless; sham. [Slang] "These Brummagem gentry." Lady D. Hardy. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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