pinchbeck vs rubbish

pinchbeck

noun
  • An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry. 

adj
  • Made of pinchbeck. 

  • Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive. 

rubbish

noun
  • An item, or items, of low quality. 

  • Nonsense. 

  • Refuse, waste, garbage, junk, trash. 

adj
  • Exceedingly bad; awful. 

verb
  • To criticize, to denigrate, to denounce, to disparage. 

  • To litter. 

intj
  • Used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue; balderdash!, nonsense! 

  • Used to express that something is exceedingly bad, awful, or terrible. 

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