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Pinchbeck

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Noun

1. pinchbeck

an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold

Adjective

2. pinchbeck

serving as an imitation or substitute

Example Sentences:
'pinchbeck heroism'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Pinchbeck

see synonyms of pinchbeck
noun
1. 
an alloy of copper and zinc, used as imitation gold
2. 
a spurious or cheap imitation; sham
adjective
3. 
made of pinchbeck
4. 
sham, spurious, or cheap

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Pinchbeck

see synonyms of pinchbeck
noun
1. 
an alloy of copper and zinc used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry
2. 
anything cheap or imitation
adjective
3. 
made of pinchbeck
4. 
cheap, imitation, sham, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Pinchbeck

see synonyms of pinchbeck
n.
1. An alloy of zinc and copper used as imitation gold.
2. A cheap imitation.
adj.
1. Made of pinchbeck.
2. Imitation; spurious.

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