pinchbeck
noun
- an alloy of copper and zinc used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry
- anything cheap or imitation
adjective
- made of pinchbeck
- cheap, imitation, sham, etc.
See pinchbeck in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(pĭnchˈbĕkˌ)
noun- An alloy of zinc and copper used as imitation gold.
- A cheap imitation.
adjective- Made of pinchbeck.
- Imitation; spurious.
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