WORD OF THE DAY: BRUMMISH

BRUMMISH

ADJ.
not genuine, counterfeit ...1803 sl.

ETYMOLOGY
from 'brum' - a native or inhabitant of Birmingham + -ish

First Documented Use:  1803

"When, besides having a handsome house over your head, the strange gentleman has left two guineas - though one seems light, and t'other looks a little Brummish - to be laid out for you, as I see occasion."

From: John Bull; or The Englishman's Fireside
By: George Colman