pinchbeckEtymologyNamed after Christopher Pinchbeck, an 18th century London watchmaker who developed the alloy.adjMade of pinchbeck.“on the inside were suspended a variety of watches, pinchbeck, silver, and one or two of gold”Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive.“Where, in these pinchbeck days, can we hope to find the old agricultural virtue in all its purity?”nameA village and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref TF2425).A surname.nounAn alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry.