Green’s Dictionary of Slang

pertaining to Birmingham.

1881		Dundee Courier (Scot.) 29 Apr. 7/3: ‘Now Bill, I want to know where ned is.’ ‘What Ned?’ ‘You know very well; Brummy Ned’.
1912		N.Z. Truth 15 June 3/3: His facial resemblance to the brummy screw maker of Birmingham [i.e. UK politician Joseph Chamberlain].
1939		V. Davis Gentlemen of the Broad Arrows 87: ‘What about the thirty-three pounds, Paddy?’ inquired ‘Brummy Sam’.
1941		G. Kersh They Die with Their Boots Clean 65: You’re a Brummy boy. I can tell by your accent.
1986		F. Taylor Auf Wiedersehen Pet Two 239: He really had me goin’, your Brummie Mate.
1993		I. Welsh Trainspotting 238: That’s joost wot oi was troi-ing to tell the bastid, he sais in a Brummie accent.
2000		N. Griffiths Grits 229: Thair’s some Brummie blokes a few feet away, complainin cos they run out uv drugs.
2003		N. Griffiths Stump 192: The tower from which some Brummie tourist fell and died.