pinchbeck : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pinchbeck	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for pinchbeck
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pinchbeck adj serving as an imitation or substitute; "pinchbeck heroism" n an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pinchbeck \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pinchbeck \Pinch"beck\, a. Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal. [bd]A pinchbeck throne.[b8] --J. A. Symonds.