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Pinchbeck Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pinchbeck? [n] an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold [adj] serving as an imitation or substitute; "pinchbeck heroism" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pinchbeck: counterfeit \| imitative Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pinchbeck: affected \| apocryphal \| artificial \| assumed \| bastard \| bogus \| bravery \| brummagem \| cheat \| chiffon \| clinquant \| colorable \| colored \| counterfeit \| counterfeited \| distorted \| dressed up \| dummy \| embellished \| embroidered \| ersatz \| factitious \| fake \| faked \| fakement \| false \| falsified \| feigned \| festoons \| fictitious \| fictive \| finery \| folderol \| foofaraw \| forgery \| frame-up \| fraud \| frilliness \| frilling \| frills \| frills and furbelows \| frippery \| froufrou \| fuss \| gaiety \| garbled \| gaudery \| gilding \| gilt \| gingerbread \| hoax \| illegitimate \| imitation \| impostor \| junk \| junky \| make-believe \| man-made \| mock \| paste \| perverted \| phony \| pretended \| pseudo \| put-on \| put-up job \| quasi \| queer \| rip-off \| self-styled \| sham \| shoddy \| simulacrum \| simulated \| snide \| so-called \| soi-disant \| spurious \| superfluity \| supposititious \| swindle \| synthetic \| tin \| tinsel \| titivated \| trappings \| trickery \| trumpery \| twisted \| unauthentic \| ungenuine \| unnatural \| unreal \| warped \| whited sepulcher See Also \| alloy \| metal Pinchbeck In Webster's Dictionary \Pinch"beck\, n. [Said to be from the name of the inventor; cf. It. prencisbecco.] An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry. \Pinch"beck\, a. Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal. ``A pinchbeck throne.'' --J. A. Symonds.

Pinchbeck Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pinchbeck?

[n] an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold
[adj] serving as an imitation or substitute; "pinchbeck heroism"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pinchbeck: counterfeit | imitative

See Also | alloy | metal

Pinchbeck In Webster's Dictionary

\Pinch"beck\, n. [Said to be from the name of the
inventor; cf. It. prencisbecco.]
An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal,
composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper.
It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of
cheap jewelry.


\Pinch"beck\, a.
Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal. ``A
pinchbeck throne.'' --J. A. Symonds.

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