brummagem
121knickknack — n gewgaw, gimcrack, Inf. whimwham, bauble, trinket, doodad, bagatelle, trifle, kickshaw, brummagem, toy, plaything; gaud, showy ornament, spangle, sequin, tinsel, clinquant; worthless finery, frippery, Archaic. trumpery, junk; bric a brac,… …
122meretricious — adj 1. gaudy, garish, flashy, Sl. flash, showy, bedizened, flaunting; loud, bold, painted, hard, Inf. honky tonk; tawdry, cheap, dime store, tinselly, brummagem, gimcrack, trumpery, trashy, Inf. chintzy, Inf. tacky, Sl. rinky dink; tasteless, in… …
123pasteboard — n 1. cardboard, strawboard, paper board, pulpboard, Bookbinding. millboard, binder s board. 2.Slang. card, calling card, visiting card; (plural) playing cards, pack, deck, Inf. fifty two. 3.Slang. ticket, ticket of admission, stub, receipt, Inf.… …
124synthetic — adj imitation, sham, mock, pseudo, ersatz; artificial, ungenuine, unauthentic, make believe, bogus, spurious, fake, Inf. phony; plastic, tinsel, pinchbeck, brummagem; unnatural, man made, test tube; feigned, faked, simulated, put on, pretended,… …
125tawdry — adj meretricious, showy, flashy, Sl. flash; gaudy, loud, garish, Inf. tacky, screaming; cheap, brummagem, tinsel, plastic, Sl. rinky dink …
126trashy — adj 1. worthless, valueless, good for nothing, not worth a straw; meritless, nugatory, of no real value; useless, inutile, catchpenny, unavailing, bootless, frivolous, fribbling, futile; silly, inane, twaddling; petty, Inf. picayune, niggling,… …
127trumpery — n 1. rubbish, trash, riffraff, Brit. Dial. raff, litter, chaff; refuse, Dial. culch, garbage, waste, debris, detritus, rubble, wreckage; junk, worthless stuff, Sl. dreck; bits and pieces, odds and ends, fag ends, remnants; castoffs, rags, tatters …
128brummy — /ˈbrʌmi / (say brumee) Colloquial –adjective 1. shoddy; cheap. –noun 2. anything shoddy or cheap. Also, brum. {from Brummagem, alteration Birmingham; originally with reference to the counterfeit groats made there c. 1680, more recently to the… …
