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• Pinchbeck — Pinch beck, a. Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal. A pinchbeck throne. J. A. Symonds. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pinchbeck — [pinch′bek΄] n. [after C. Pinchbeck, Eng jeweler who invented it ( c. 1725)] 1. an alloy of copper and zinc used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry 2. anything cheap or imitation adj. 1. made of pinchbeck 2. cheap, imitation, sham, etc …   English World dictionary

• Pinchbeck —    A London watchmaker who took his name from Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, invented an alloy of five parts copper and one of zinc that resembled gold. The inventor was Christopher Pinchbeck (1670 1732), whose shop was on Fleet Street. He was an… …   Dictionary of eponyms

• pinchbeck — /pinch bek/, n. 1. an alloy of copper and zinc, used in imitation of gold. 2. something sham, spurious, or counterfeit. adj. 3. made of pinchbeck. 4. sham, spurious, or counterfeit: pinchbeck heroism. [1725 35; named after Christopher Pinchbeck… …   Universalium

• pinchbeck — 1. noun An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry. 2. adjective a) Made of pinchbeck. Where, in these pinchbeck days, can we hope to find the old agricultural virtue in all its purity? …   Wiktionary

• pinchbeck — pinch•beck [[t]ˈpɪntʃ bɛk[/t]] n. 1) mel an alloy of copper and zinc, used in imitation of gold 2) something sham, spurious, or counterfeit 3) mel made of pinchbeck 4) sham or counterfeit • Etymology: 1725–35; after Christopher Pinchbeck (d.… …   From formal English to slang

• pinchbeck — /ˈpɪntʃbɛk/ (say pinchbek) noun 1. an alloy of copper and zinc, used in imitation of gold. 2. something spurious. –adjective 3. made of pinchbeck. 4. sham or spurious. {named after the inventor, Christopher Pinchbeck, died 1732, a London… …  

• Pinchbeck (alloy) — Pinchbeck is a form of brass, an alloy of copper and zinc mixed in proportions so that it closely resembles gold in appearance. Invented in the 1700s by Christopher Pinchbeck, a London clockmaker. The inventor allegedly made pinchbeck jewellery… …   Wikipedia

• Pinchbeck — could be;People *Christopher Pinchbeck, English watchmaker who developed the alloy *Daniel Pinchbeck, American author;Placenames *Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, England;Other *Pinchbeck (alloy), an alloy made of copper and zinc …   Wikipedia

• pinchbeck — Synonyms and related words: affected, apocryphal, artificial, assumed, bastard, bogus, bravery, brummagem, cheat, chiffon, clinquant, colorable, colored, counterfeit, counterfeited, distorted, dressed up, dummy, embellished, embroidered, ersatz,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Christopher Pinchbeck — (c.1670 – November 18, 1732) was a London clockmaker and maker of musical Automata. He was born in Clerkenwell but worked in Fleet Street. Probably his name was derived from Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire. In the 18th century he invented the alloy… …   Wikipedia