pinchbeck

noun

  1. 1

    An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry.

adjective

  1. 1

    Made of pinchbeck.

  2. 2

    Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive.

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