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Bramah

American  
[bram-uh, brah-muh] / ˈbræm ə, ˈbrɑ mə /

noun

  1. Joseph, 1748–1814, English engineer and inventor.


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AJ Bramah scored 12 points with nine rebounds for the Colonials, while Jon Williams added 10 points.

From Washington Times • Feb. 29, 2020

AJ Bramah added 12 points with eight boards and Jalen Hawkins also had 12 points.

From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2019

The Bramah Precision lock, a “monster” lock that, along with Chubb’s Detector, represented the pinnacle of Britain’s lock supremacy, had not been picked since it was manufactured—in 1790.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2013

But there was more to the defeats of Chubb and Bramah.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2013

To meet this universal want, Joseph Bramah set his remarkable inventive faculties to work, and speedily contrived a lock so perfect, that it held its ground for many a day.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert