PINCHBECK
\pˈɪnt͡ʃbɛk], \pˈɪntʃbɛk], \p_ˈɪ_n_tʃ_b_ɛ_k]\
Definitions of PINCHBECK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
By Oddity Software
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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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Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
By Noah Webster.
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A cheap imitation of gold made of copper, zinc, and tin: used in cheap jewelry; anything cheap or sham.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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