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pinchbeck
(mass) | pinchbeck
- falošný |
pinchbeck
(encz) | pinchbeck,falešný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pinchbeck
(encz) | pinchbeck,nepravý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pinchbeck
(encz) | pinchbeck,tombak n: Zdeněk Brož |
Pinchbeck
(gcide) | Pinchbeck \Pinch"beck\, n. [Said to be from the name of the
inventor; cf. It. prencisbecco.]
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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Pinchbeck
(gcide) | Pinchbeck \Pinch"beck\, a.
Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal. "A
pinchbeck throne." --J. A. Symonds.
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pinchbeck
(wn) | pinchbeck
adj 1: serving as an imitation or substitute; "pinchbeck
heroism"
n 1: an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry
to imitate gold |
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Pinchbeck
(gcide) | Pinchbeck \Pinch"beck\, n. [Said to be from the name of the
inventor; cf. It. prencisbecco.]
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.
[1913 Webster]Pinchbeck \Pinch"beck\, a.
Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal. "A
pinchbeck throne." --J. A. Symonds.
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