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pinchbeck

noun

Meaning

  1. An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry.
  2. Made of pinchbeck.
  3. Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

imitative(English)counterfeit(English)paktong(English)minargent(English)albata(English)caracoly(English)oroide(English)jeweller's gold(English)spalding(English)fen(English)alloy(English)jewellery(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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