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Definitions for: Pinchbeck [n] an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold
[adj] serving as an imitation or substitute; "pinchbeck heroism"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Pinch"beck, a.
Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal. ``A
pinchbeck throne.'' --J. A. Symonds.
Synonyms: counterfeit, imitative
See Also: alloy, metal
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