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Definition of 'pinchbeck'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) pinchbeck
an alloy of copper and zinc, used in imitation of gold.

2. pinchbeck
something sham, spurious, or counterfeit.

3. (adj.) pinchbeck
made of pinchbeck.

4. pinchbeck
sham or counterfeit.

Etymology: (1725–35; after Christopher Pinchbeck (d. 1732), English watchmaker, its inventor)

Definition of 'pinchbeck'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) pinchbeck
an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold

2. (adj) pinchbeck
serving as an imitation or substitute
"pinchbeck heroism"

Definition of 'pinchbeck'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) pinchbeck
made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal

2. (noun) pinchbeck
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

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