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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pinch·beck /ˈpɪnʧˌbɛk/
 金色銅,冒牌貨(a.)金色銅制的,冒牌的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pinch·beck, a. Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal. “A pinchbeck throne.”
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pinch·beck n.  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.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 pinchbeck
      adj : serving as an imitation or substitute; "pinchbeck heroism"
      n : an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to
          imitate gold