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Meanings of pinchbeck in inglês

Pinchbeck.

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Usage of pinchbeck in inglês
1
Everything in it seemed to him as pinchbeck as the passion itself.
Sir George Tressady — Volume II
2
Nothing but our own pinchbeck ideas could ascribe to Him this pettiness.
The Conquest of Fear
3
Patricia was beautiful; and Patricia was clever, in her pinchbeck way.
The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck: A Comedy of Limitations
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None of the pinchbeck pedigrees and ormolu titles of the continent.
Endymion
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There is pinchbeck with the gold, but the shining true metal is there.
Masters of the English Novel: A Study of Principles and Personal...
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The English lady was pinchbeck by contrast with all about her.
In the Valley
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You know the genuine from the spurious, gold from pinchbeck, that's the rub.
The Last Harvest
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To a people who had counted on statehood these concessions were small pinchbeck.
Jefferson and His Colleagues: A Chronicle of the Virginia Dynast...
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It is only pinchbeck that perishes under the acids of satire: gold defies them.
Letters to Dead Authors
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They have their own ideality and a gaudy pinchbeck honor.
Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene
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Then he looked at the wagon again, and at a pinchbeck watch he carried.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 / A Maga...
12
Spartan mothers were theatrical and pinchbeck compared to these women.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II
13
To wear out a voice like that on pinchbeck hymn tunes is a crime.
The Tyranny of the Dark
14
They tinkle with their pinchbeck, they jingle with their gold.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
15
I'm nothing but a pinchbeck imitation of the real "Lady of Quality."
Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life
16
But it was only a pinchbeck thing, an imitation, a bauble, an empty show.
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
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