Pinchbeck

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry.
2. (not comparable) Made of pinchbeck.
3. Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive.

Example Sentences

on the inside were suspended a variety of watches, pinchbeck, silver, and one or two of gold

Where, in these pinchbeck days, can we hope to find the old agricultural virtue in all its purity?

Vain Delight must have lost her freshness, and be older and more pinchbeck.

The second point on which I wish to offer a remark is the existence (in the novel) of a person named Schomberg. That I believe him to be true goes without saying. I am not likely to offer pinchbeck wares to my public consciously.

Coming at a time when Alexander was trying desperately to halt Napoleon's advance, the British response to his call for help appeared even more pinchbeck than it was.

Anyway, at least I had created the pinchbeck crown in which Dai could place his jewel.

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• pinchbecks
• more pinchbeck
• most pinchbeck

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