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Definition of Brummy
1. Noun. A native or resident of Birmingham, England.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brummy
Literary usage of Brummy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Popular Tribunals by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1887)
"... from Sydney, or Big brummy, as we call him, robbed a house with me, where we
got between eight hundred and nine hundred dollars' worth of property. ..."
2. Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors by Walter Hamilton (1887)
"... bigger far than these; For he commands at his demands, A power rather tough ;
In the vulgar shape of that beastly ape The blackguard brummy Rough ! ..."
3. History of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Henry Lebbeus Oak, Frances Fuller Victor, Alfred Bates (1887)
"... from Sydney, or Big brummy, as we call him, robbed a house with me, where we
got between eight hundred and nine hundred dollars' worth of property. ..."
4. Papers of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851 by Mary Floyd Williams (1919)
"... he did live at Chinese Camp—I stopped at his house "board & lodging by Mrs
Russel" was stuck up. that was last October—Big brummy came into the station ..."
5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1874)
"... Be it brummy, my brother, or me. What so deaf as the ear will not hear, Deny,
to suit Hanley's desire. Whoso seeketh will find, never fear, ..."
6. A Collection of Farces and Other Afterpieces: Which are Acted at the by Inchbald (1809)
"No, no, brummy: you misunderstand me. They went behind the father's back. Brum.
Egad, it is lucky the old gentleman didn't turn his head round. ..."
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