What does the word 'brummagem' really mean?

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And what's it's etymological meaning

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From the Oxford English dictionary website:

brummagem adjective

brum·​ma·​gem | \ ˈbrə-mi-jəm \

Definition of brummagem

: SPURIOUS

also : cheaply showy : TAWDRY

a bilious combination of brummagem melodrama and synthetic seascapes

— John McCarten

I couldn't find much on the etymology of the word other than this:

"cheap and showy," 1829, from a noun formed from the vulgar pronunciation (noted by 1800) of Birmingham, England, in reference to articles mass-manufactured there. The word also recalls Birmingham's old reputation for counterfeiting.