- or
Brummagems (a slur, in
allusion to counterfeiting,
implying hypocrisy).
Their Tory
opponents were
known as anti-Birminghams or anti-
Brummagems. Around...
- turn
recruited the
Italian Sabini Gang as protection. In
March 1921, the
Brummagems ambushed Sabini at
Greenford Park
Trotting Track. A few days later, Kimber...
-
World War. They were
allied to the
Birmingham gang,
often called the
Brummagems, led by
Billy Kimber; the
Camden Town gang, led by
George Sage and the...
- city's
nickname of "Brum",
which originates from the city's old name,
Brummagem. The
Brummie accent and
dialect are
particularly distinctive.
Partly due...
- (Robert Burns) V33250. "The
Yorkshire Irishman" V34542. "I Can't Find
Brummagem" V35719. "If It Wasn't For the 'Ouses in Between" V38186. "Drowned Lovers"...
-
contemporary Received Pronunciation (RP). The term
Brummie derives from
Brummagem or Bromwichham,
which are
historical variants of the name Birmingham....
-
onomatopoeic nature of a car
engine revving, Brum (as a
contraction of "
Brummagem") is a
common colloquial name for Birmingham.
Although later series make...
- Brum may
refer to: Birmingham,
England Brummagem, a
colloquial name for Birmingham,
England or the
Birmingham dialect Brummie,
inhabitants of Birmingham...
-
Birmingham may be
called "Brum-a-jum" (Birmingham's
colloquial name is
Brummagem, a
corruption of its
older name of Bromwicham[citation needed] and hence...
- in the 20th century, one of the
Birmingham gangs known as the
Brummagem Boys (
Brummagem being slang for Birmingham)
began to
spread their criminal network...
