brummagem

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Brummagem
    adj 1: cheap and showy; "a cheap Brummagem imitation"
    n 1: a city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an
         important industrial and transportation center [syn:
         {Birmingham}, {Brummagem}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]