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Definition of: pinchbeck
(pinch′bek) noun
1. An alloy of copper, zinc, and tin, forming a cheap imitation of gold.
2. Anything spurious or pretentious.
—adjective Made of pinchbeck; spurious. [after Christopher Pinchbeck, 1670?–1732, English inventor]
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