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brummagems

brummagems is the plural of brummagem.

Meaning of brummagem

Adjective

brummagem (not comparable)

  1. Cheap and showy; meretricious.
    • The unhappy man (who had cheated the sailors), innocent of danger, is seated on a grating with his combs, spy-glasses, necklaces, ribbons, and all the rest of his "Brummagem" trumpery, spread out before him.1893, Graham Everitt, English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century, page 175

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Noun capitalized: Brummagems

Brummagems

  1. (plural) plural of Brummagem

Questions about brummagems

What is brummagems the plural of?
Brummagems is the plural of brummagem.
What part of speech is brummagems?
Brummagems is a noun.

Words near brummagems in the dictionary

  1. Brumits
  2. Brumley
  3. Brumleys
  4. Brumm
  5. brummagem
  6. brummagems
  7. Brummajem
  8. Brummajems
  9. Brummel
  10. Brummel hook
  11. Brummel hooks

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