Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. a pretty woman.

1925		(con. WWI) Fraser & Gibbons Soldier and Sailor Words 35: Brahma: Something good. Also a flashily dressed girl.
1936		J. Curtis Gilt Kid 22: She ain’t got no ponce. What ’d she want a Jo Ronce for, she’s a right flash brama.
1937		R. Westerby Wide Boys Never Work (1938) 109: I got to take a bramah to the pitchers ’sevening.
1943		R. Llewellyn None But the Lonely Heart 41: She was a proper bramah, a smasher.
1959		W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act II: What’s she like? Bramah, eh?
1963		C. Wood ‘Prisoner and Escort’ in Cockade (1965) I iii: She a bramah is she?
1983		J. Sullivan ‘May the Force be with You’ Only Fools and Horses [TV script] Seeks a soulmate who is also a right brahma.
1985		J. Sullivan ‘Watching the Girls go by’ Only Fools and Horses [TV script] You wanna see her, an’ all, she’s a right bramma!
2013		T. Black Ringer [ebook] n.p.: This one’s a wee brammer, so it is.

2. anything good, enjoyable, attractive; also as adj.

1922		‘J.H. Ross’ Mint (1955) 94: She could enter the RAF hospital there and get it over. A bramah hospital.
1925		(con. WWI) Fraser & Gibbons Soldier and Sailor Words 35: Brahma: Something good. Also a flashily dressed girl.
2003		Brummagem Dict. 🌐 brahma adj. very good; excellent.
2007		N. ‘Razor’ Smith Raiders 256: Pip thought this idea was a Brahmer and congratulated his divvy pal.
2011		J.J. Connolly Viva La Madness 91: It’s all Brahma gear, quality product.