1. Noun
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.
2. Adjective
Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
3. Noun
an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold
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