Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An alloy of copper with zinc and sometimes other metals, used in making inexpensive jewelry.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the many names of brass; Prince's metal; Mannheim gold.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Metal.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also
German brass orDutch brass . It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes calledDutch metal . The addition of arsenic makeswhite tombac .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
tombak .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Brass -- composition and uses -- Corinthian brass composed of gold, silver and tin -- (Encyclopædia) -- electrical amalgam, voltaic plates, pinchbec, prince's metal, tombac.
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We know that there is found in India, not only copper ftriftly fo called, but zinc alfo, which being mixed with copper conftitutes brafs, pinchbeck, tombac, fimilor, and all the other metallic mixtures which refcmble gold in colour.
Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester 1785
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_tombac_, a precious sort of metal, which was valued at above 7000 ducats, and another cannon reckoned still more valuable on account of its curious workmanship.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
qms commented on the word tombac
Reality’s under attack,
Each speech a stinging gob smack.
His gilt is amazin’;
It seems as if brazen
But even his brass is tombac.
January 12, 2019
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Mortal tombac.
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Mortal Compote
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Vorpal wombat
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Portal tomcat.
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larval COM port
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Carpal dog snot
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Montserrat Caballé.
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rampant poppycock
January 14, 2019
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bum tack
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Thumb thwack
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emetic ipecac
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toum batch
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Cy Twombly
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Doomed cromlech
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Mottled tarmac.
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Laurtal Yanni
January 16, 2019
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*looks sideways at jean dimmock*
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