Noun: pinchbeck 'pinch,bek
- An alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewellery to imitate gold
"The antique dealer could easily distinguish the pinchbeck brooch from genuine gold"
- Serving as an imitation or substitute
"pinchbeck heroism"
Derived forms: pinchbecks
See also: counterfeit, imitative
Encyclopedia: Pinchbeck, William