Pinchbeck

n.	1.	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.
a.	1.	Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.

Noun	1.	pinchbeck - an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold
Adj.	1.	pinchbeck - serving as an imitation or substitute; "pinchbeck heroism"

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