pinchbeck
pinchbeck
Definition
pinch·beck (pinc̸h′bek′)
noun
- an alloy of copper and zinc used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry
- anything cheap or imitation
Etymology: after C. Pinchbeck, Eng jeweler who invented it (c. 1725)
adjective
- made of pinchbeck
- cheap, imitation, sham, etc.
pinchbeck
Synonyms
Browse dictionary entries near pinchbeck
- pinch hitter
- pinch-hit
- pinch effect
- pinch bar
- pinch
- pincers movement
- pincers
- pince-nez
- pinball machine
- pinaster
- pinchcock
- pinchers
- pinchpenny
- Pinckney
- pincushion
- Pindar
- Pindaric
- pindling
- Pindus
- pine
