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pinchbeck |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pinchbeck \Pinch"beck\, n. [Said to be from the name of the inventor; cf It prencisbecco.] An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pinchbeck \Pinch"beck\, a. Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal. ``A pinchbeck throne.'' --J. A. Symonds From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pinchbeck adj : serving as an imitation or substitute; "pinchbeck heroism" n : an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold
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