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Meaning of 'pinchbeck' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pinchbeck [ a.]
- Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
2 . Pinchbeck [ n.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'pinchbeck' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pinchbeck [ s]
Meaning (1):
- serving as an imitation or substitute
Example in sentence:
  • pinchbeck heroism

Nearby Words:

pin pin-eyed pin-tailed pinaces pinacoid pinacolin pinacone pinacotheca pinafore pinakothek

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