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pinchbeck

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pinch·beck  (pnchbk)
n.
1. An alloy of zinc and copper used as imitation gold.
2. A cheap imitation.
adj.
1. Made of pinchbeck.
2. Imitation; spurious.
[After Christopher Pinchbeck (1670?-1732), English watchmaker.]
pinchbeck
Noun
an alloy of copper and zinc, used as imitation gold
Adjective
sham or cheap [after C. Pinchbeck, watchmaker who invented the alloy]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pinchbeck - an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold
alloy, metal - a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper"
Adj.1.pinchbeck - serving as an imitation or substitute; "pinchbeck heroism"
counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"


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They tinkle with their pinchbeck, they jingle with their gold.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
This was the best store we had come across yet; it had everything in it, in small quantities, from anvils and drygoods all the way down to fish and pinchbeck jewelry.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
Tawny, black-eyed, barefooted maids, arrayed in rags and adorned with brazen armlets and pinchbeck ear-rings, were poising water-jars upon their heads, or drawing water from the well.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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