pinchbeck

  • 21Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire — Pinchbeck is a village near Spalding in Lincolnshire, England. The area is a flat wetland with numerous small canals. The name Pinchbeck is derived from either the Old English pinc+bece (Minnow Stream) or pinca+bece (Finch Ridge) …

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  • 22Pinchbeck railway station — was a station in Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire on the line between Spalding and Sleaford it is now closed. [British Railways Atlas.1947. p.17] Former Services References …

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  • 23Pinchbeck Engine — The engine house …

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  • 24pinchbeck — Synonyms and related words: affected, apocryphal, artificial, assumed, bastard, bogus, bravery, brummagem, cheat, chiffon, clinquant, colorable, colored, counterfeit, counterfeited, distorted, dressed up, dummy, embellished, embroidered, ersatz,… …

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  • 25pinchbeck — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. imitation, fake, deceptive; see false 3 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An inferior substitute imitating an original: copy, ersatz, imitation, simulation. See SUBSTITUTE …

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  • 26pinchbeck — pinch·beck || pɪntʃbek n. artificial gold; alloy of copper and zinc used to imitate gold adj. fake, counterfeit, not genuine …

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  • 27pinchbeck — n. Brummagem, sham …

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  • 28pinchbeck — n 1. sham, mock, fake, counterfeit, imitation, Inf. phony; paste, glitter, tinsel, junk, brummagem; hoax, cheat, fraud, swindle, Sl. rip off. adj 2. counterfeit, spurious, bogus, fake, ungenuine, unauthentic, supposititious, bastard, pseudo,… …

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  • 29pinchbeck — pinch·beck …

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  • 30pinchbeck —   n. gold like alloy of copper and zinc; tawdry jewellery; a. spurious; trashy …

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