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pinchback

pinchback is the alternative form of pinchbeck.

Meaning of pinchbeck

Noun

pinchbeck (usually uncountable, plural pinchbecks)

  1. (usually) An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry.

See all 5 meanings of pinchbeck

Proper noun capitalized: Pinchback

Pinchback (plural Pinchbacks)

  1. A surname

Forms of pinchback

pluralPinchbacks

Questions about pinchback

What does pinchback mean?
Pinchback means a surname.
What is pinchback the alternative form of?
Pinchback is the alternative form of pinchbeck.
What part of speech is pinchback?
Pinchback is a proper noun.

Words near pinchback in the dictionary

  1. pinch-out
  2. pinch-outs
  3. pinchability
  4. pinchable
  5. Pinchas
  6. pinchback
  7. pinchbar
  8. pinchbars
  9. pinchbeck
  10. pinchbecks
  11. pinchcock

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pinchback (page history and authors); Pinchback (page history and authors); pinchbeck (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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