Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pinchbeck"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pinchbeck \Pinch"beck\, a.
Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal. ``A
pinchbeck throne.'' --J. A. Symonds.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pinchbeck
adj : serving as an imitation or substitute; "pinchbeck heroism"
n : an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to
imitate gold
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