D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Pinchbeck

· Pinch·beck · IPA
01 n. 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 …
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    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.
02 a. Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
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    Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.