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(), n.[Said to be from the name of the inventor; cf. It. prencisbecco.] 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. Pinch"beck a.Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal. "A pinchbeck throne." J. A. Symonds. スポンサード リンク
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