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Meaning of pinchbeck

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

pinchbeck

noun

Definitions

  1. An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Made of pinchbeck.

  2. Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pinchbeck

Related words

imitativecounterfeitpaktongminargentalbatacaracolyoroidejeweller's gold