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pinch⋅beck

  [pinch-bek]
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–noun
1. an alloy of copper and zinc, used in imitation of gold.
2. something sham, spurious, or counterfeit.
–adjective
3. made of pinchbeck.
4. sham, spurious, or counterfeit: pinchbeck heroism.
Origin:
1725–35; named after Christopher Pinchbeck (d. 1732), English watchmaker and its inventor
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pinch·beck   (pĭnch'běk')   
n.  

  1. An alloy of zinc and copper used as imitation gold.

  2. A cheap imitation.

adj.  

  1. Made of pinchbeck.

  2. Imitation; spurious.


[After Christopher Pinchbeck (1670?-1732), English watchmaker.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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