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Pinchbeck Common

Pinchbeck has 5 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold

2

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

Adjective
1

serving as an imitation or substitute

"pinchbeck heroism"

2

Made of pinchbeck.

Proper Noun
1

A village and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2425).

See Also
sham artificial spurious gold alloy imitation copper zinc
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
alloy
Rhyming Words
eck neck meck weck heck reck feck peck teck deck geck veck seck keck beck steck freck kneck breck sneck
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