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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.

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  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.
  3. adj. serving as an imitation or substitute
  4. n. an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold
  5. 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. Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal. "A pinchbeck throne." J. A. Symonds.
  6. An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal,composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It ismuch used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheapjewelry.
  7. n. an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold s. serving as an imitation or substitute