Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Brums

In Stock Exchange phraseology this means the “London and North-Western Railway shares.” The Brum, i.e. the Birmingham line.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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