Just who is Pinchbeck?
Or should we say instead what is Pinchbeck?
It is a alloy of copper and zinc which resembles gold in appearance. Thus the 1928 Gresham Dictionary of the English Language says that when Pinchbeck is used as an adjective it means a sham; not genuine.
But I like it because it sounds rather Dickensian. Pinchbeck takes its and her name from their inventor, the London Watchmaker of the 18th century.
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