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BRUMMAGEM (an old local form of " Birmingham ")

BRUMMAGEM (an old See also:
LOCAL
local See also:
FORM (Lat. forma)
form of " See also:
BIRMINGHAM
Birmingham ") , a name first applied to a counterfeit See also:

coin made in the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham, See also:

England, in the 17th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and later to the plated and See also:

IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation articles made there; hence cheap, showy or See also:

TAWDRY

tawdry .

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