Pinchbeck Definition

pĭnchbĕk
noun
An alloy of copper and zinc used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry.
Webster's New World
Anything cheap or imitation.
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adjective
Made of pinchbeck.
Webster's New World
Cheap, imitation, sham, etc.
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Origin of Pinchbeck

  • Named after Christopher Pinchbeck, an 18th century London watchmaker who developed the alloy.

    From Wiktionary

  • After Christopher Pinchbeck (1670?–1732), English watchmaker

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Pinchbeck Sentence Examples

  • Both in the town and neighbourhood there are numerous foundries and works for iron, brass, steel and bronze goods, while other manufactures include wire, needles and pins, fish-hooks, machinery, umbrella-frames, thimbles, bits, furniture, chemicals, coffee-mills, and pinchbeck and britanniametal goods.

  • It is also a constituent of many valuable alloys; brass, Muntz-metal, pinchbeck, tombac, are examples.

  • Whaplode church is another noteworthy example of Norman work; for Early English work the churches of Kirton-in-Holland, Pinchbeck and Weston may be noticed; for Decorated those at Donington and Spalding; and for Perpendicular, Gedney, together with parts of Kirton church.

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