Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Ah! Today's word, not yesterday's . . .

pinchbeck \PINCH-bek\ - 1. made of an alloy of copper and zinc used especially to imitate gold in jewelry  2. counterfeit or spurious
Love the new word, even if its second meaning is a besmirching of Mr. Pinchbeck's good name.
(Somehow they had this one posted yesterday by mistake, which they then took down and replaced with "cocoon." Today, they have this one back up.  I hope it stays this time, as I'd hate to have to edit the hyperlink back out again!)

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