Category:Pinchbeck

Pinch"beck, n. Etym: [said to be from the name of the inventor; cf. It. prencisbecco.]

Defn: 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.

Pinchbeck Pinch"beck, a.

Defn: made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal. "a pinchbeck Throne." J. A. Symonds.