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Definition of pinchbeck in English: pinchbecknoun ˈpɪn(t)ʃbɛkˈpɪn(t)ʃbɛk mass nounAn alloy of copper and zinc resembling gold, used in watchmaking and cheap jewellery.
adjective ˈpɪn(t)ʃbɛkˈpɪn(t)ʃbɛk Appearing valuable, but actually cheap or tawdry. Example sentencesExamples - Of course, Muggeridge was unreformed, and when he actually decided to take religion seriously he was contemptuously dismissed as ‘a pinchbeck Savonarola’.
- The first had been newly choreographed by Ashton and looked for the most part like little more than a pinchbeck parody of a Soviet-style solo.
Synonyms poor-quality, second-rate, third-rate, substandard, low-grade, inferior, common, vulgar, shoddy, trashy, rubbishy, tawdry, tinny, brassy, worthless, meretricious, cheap and nasty, cheapjack, gimcrack, brummagem
Origin Mid 18th century: named after Christopher Pinchbeck (died 1732), English watchmaker. Definition of pinchbeck in US English: pinchbecknounˈpɪn(t)ʃbɛkˈpin(t)SHbek An alloy of copper and zinc resembling gold, used in watchmaking and costume jewelry.
adjectiveˈpɪn(t)ʃbɛkˈpin(t)SHbek Appearing valuable, but actually cheap or tawdry. Example sentencesExamples - Of course, Muggeridge was unreformed, and when he actually decided to take religion seriously he was contemptuously dismissed as ‘a pinchbeck Savonarola’.
- The first had been newly choreographed by Ashton and looked for the most part like little more than a pinchbeck parody of a Soviet-style solo.
Synonyms poor-quality, second-rate, third-rate, substandard, low-grade, inferior, common, vulgar, shoddy, trashy, rubbishy, tawdry, tinny, brassy, worthless, meretricious, cheap and nasty, cheapjack, gimcrack, brummagem
Origin Mid 18th century: named after Christopher Pinchbeck (died 1732), English watchmaker. |