PINCHBECK


Meaning of PINCHBECK in English

[pinch.beck] n [Christopher Pinchbeck d. 1732 Eng. watchmaker] (1734) 1: an alloy of copper and zinc used esp. to imitate gold in jewelry

2: something counterfeit or spurious -- pinchbeck adj

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