e/Pinchbeck (alloy)

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has gloss	eng: Pinchbeck is a form of brass, an alloy of copper and zinc, mixed in proportions so that it closely resembles gold in appearance. Invented in the 1700s by Christopher Pinchbeck, a London clockmaker. The inventor allegedly made pinchbeck jewellery clearly labelled as such. Pinchbeck jewellery was used in places like stagecoaches where there was a risk of theft. Later dishonest jewellers passed pinchbeck off as gold and it came to mean a cheap and tawdry imitation of gold.
lexicalization	eng: Pinchbeck
instance of	(noun) a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper" metal, alloy

Meaning
Italian
has gloss	ita: Princisbecco è un termine usato per indicare una lega di rame, zinco, e stagno dal colore simile all'oro. Tale lega era usata principalmente per tutte quelle lavorazioni di poco valore ma appariscenti. Fu inventata da Christopher Pinchbeck (1670-1732) orologiaio inglese. * Rimanere di princisbecco significa anche rimanere stupiti o più precisamente avere una brutta sorpresa come ha una brutta sorpresa chi pensando di avere oro si ritrova il princisbecco (simile a "rimanere di stucco").
lexicalization	ita: princisbecco