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packfong

packfong is the alternative form of paktong.

Meaning of paktong

Noun

paktong (countable and uncountable, plural paktongs)

  1. An alloy of zinc, copper and nickel, closely resembling silver, of Chinese origin; any of a number of similar alloys developed in imitation of the Chinese product.
    • Chinese export metalwork consists almost entirely of three categories: silverware; pewterware; and paktong, an alloy of zinc, copper and nickel, closely resembling silver, which the Chinese also described as tutenague, and which was probably worked by white metalsmiths also making pewter.1980, James Thomas Herbert Baily, The Connoisseur: an Illustrated Magazine for Collectors, volume 205, page 108

Questions about packfong

What is packfong the alternative form of?
Packfong is the alternative form of paktong.

Words near packfong in the dictionary

  1. packetman
  2. packets
  3. packetsful
  4. Packett
  5. Packetts
  6. packfong
  7. Packham
  8. packhorse
  9. packhorse bridge
  10. packhorse bridges
  11. packhorses

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