pinchbeck

An alloy of zinc and copper used as imitation gold.

A cheap imitation.

Made of pinchbeck.

Imitation; spurious.

An alloy of three or four parts of copper with one of zinc, much used in cheap jewelry.

Sham; spurious; bogus.

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.

Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.

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

Made of pinchbeck.