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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

pinchbeck
    adj 1: serving as an imitation or substitute; "pinchbeck
           heroism"
    n 1: an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry
         to imitate gold

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pinchbeck \Pinch"beck\, a.
   Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal. "A
   pinchbeck throne." --J. A. Symonds.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Pinchbeck:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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