Pinchbeck

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounAn alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry.

2.adjectiveMade of pinchbeck.

3.adjectiveSham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive.

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