noun.
An alloy of zinc and copper used as imitation gold.
noun.
A cheap imitation.
adjective.
Made of pinchbeck.
adjective.
Imitation; spurious.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
An alloy of three or four parts of copper with one of zinc, much used in cheap jewelry.
Sham; spurious; bogus.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
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.
adjective.
Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
noun.
An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitationgold for cheap jewelry.
adjective.
Made of pinchbeck.
adjective.Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive.
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adjective.
serving as an imitation or substitute
noun.
an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold
Word Usage
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