bruffam, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

bruffam n.

[deliberate mispron. of the SE, pretending that the ‘gh’, as in ‘enough’, is here pron. ‘ff’]

a small, closed carriage, properly known as a brougham, pron. ‘broom’ and named for Lord Brougham.

1862		Glasgow Morn. Jrnl 18 Dec. 4/2: Some comes in ’buses, some in cabs, and some in bruffams.
1909		J. Ware Passing Eng. of the Victorian Era.