adj
Meaning 1
Made of pinchbeck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
pinchbeck
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adj
Meaning 2
Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive.
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name
Meaning 3
A village and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref TF2425).
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 4
A surname.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry.
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Usage: uncountable, usually
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
serving as an imitation or substitute
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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- pinchbeck heroism
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noun
Meaning 7
an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: alloy, metal
History
Etymology
Named after Christopher Pinchbeck, an 18th century London watchmaker who developed the alloy.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: томбак (tombak) — an alloy of copper and zinc
- German: Talmi — an alloy of copper and zinc
- German: Talmigold — an alloy of copper and zinc
- Italian: orpello — an alloy of copper and zinc
- Italian: princisbecco — an alloy of copper and zinc
- Portuguese: pechisbeque — an alloy of copper and zinc
- Portuguese: ouro falso — an alloy of copper and zinc
- Spanish: similor — an alloy of copper and zinc
- Swedish: pinsback — an alloy of copper and zinc