pinchbeck / ˈpɪntʃ bɛk /

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pinchbeck2 个定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. an alloy of copper and zinc, used in imitation of gold.
  2. something sham, spurious, or counterfeit.
adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. made of pinchbeck.
  2. sham, spurious, or counterfeit: pinchbeck heroism.

更多pinchbeck例句

  1. Daphne's pink-and-black vivacity beside her seemed a pinchbeck thing.
  2. He can likewise tell if pinchbeck is or not a good mixture of copper and brass of equal proportion!
  3. It was a pinchbeck world, of pretence and pull,—that world that lies drowned out there.
  4. He preached every third Sabbath at Pinchbeck, near Spalding, to which place he subsequently removed.
  5. A paste pin in a faded cravat, and a jaunty cane with a pinchbeck top, betrayed that he was still somewhat of a beau.