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Definition of Pinchbeck
1. Adjective. Serving as an imitation or substitute. "Pinchbeck heroism"
2. Noun. An alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold.
Definition of Pinchbeck
1. 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.
2. a. Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
Definition of Pinchbeck
1. Noun. An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry. ¹
2. Adjective. Made of pinchbeck. ¹
3. Adjective. Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pinchbeck
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinchbeck
Literary usage of Pinchbeck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lincolnshire Pedigrees by A R (Arthur Roland) Maddison, Arthur Staunton Larken (1904)
"Thomas pinchbeck, Chief Baron of the=p Joan, dau. of Sir William Exchequer 24
April 1388. ... Richard Welby of pinchbeck. pinchbeck. pinchbeck. _ I Moulton. ..."
2. Known to the Police by Thomas Holmes (1908)
"CHAPTER XIII JONATHAN pinchbeck, THE SLUM AUTOLYCUS IT was application time in
a London police-court. All sorts of people, with all sorts of difficulties, ..."
3. Modern Women and what is Said of Them: Reprint of a Series of Articles in by Elizabeth Lynn] [Linton (1868)
"NOT many years ago no really refined gentlewoman would have worn pinchbeck.
False jewelry and imitation lace were touchstones with the sex, and the woman ..."
4. The Metallic Alloys: A Practical Guide for the Manufacture of All Kinds of by Alfred Krupp, Andreas Wildberger, William Theodore Brannt (1888)
"pinchbeck being very ductile can be rolled out into very thin plates, which can
be brought into ... pinchbeck answering all demands is composed— Or, Parts. ..."
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