pinchbeck

(pinc̸hbek′)

noun

  1. an alloy of copper and zinc used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry
  2. anything cheap or imitation

Origin: after C. Pinchbeck, Eng jeweler who invented it (c. 1725)

adjective

  1. made of pinchbeck
  2. cheap, imitation, sham, etc.

See pinchbeck in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. An alloy of zinc and copper used as imitation gold.
  2. A cheap imitation.
adjective
  1. Made of pinchbeck.
  2. Imitation; spurious.

Origin:

Origin: After Christopher Pinchbeck (1670?-1732), English watchmaker

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