pinchbeck.
/pinch-bek/US // ˈpɪntʃ bɛk //UK // (ˈpɪntʃˌbɛk) //
掐指一算,蛲虫,捏造,掐指算来
Definitions
n.noun · 名词
- 1.
- ›an alloy of copper and zinc, used in imitation of gold.
- ›something sham, spurious, or counterfeit.
adj.adjective · 形容词
- 1.
- ›made of pinchbeck.
- ›sham, spurious, or counterfeit: pinchbeck heroism.
Examples
Daphne's pink-and-black vivacity beside her seemed a pinchbeck thing.
He can likewise tell if pinchbeck is or not a good mixture of copper and brass of equal proportion!
It was a pinchbeck world, of pretence and pull,—that world that lies drowned out there.
He preached every third Sabbath at Pinchbeck, near Spalding, to which place he subsequently removed.
A paste pin in a faded cravat, and a jaunty cane with a pinchbeck top, betrayed that he was still somewhat of a beau.
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