Dutch metal
Britishnoun
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It sustains the same relation to sincerity that Dutch metal does to pure gold.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Ingersoll, Robert Green
These should be made of aluminum leaf, or of Dutch metal.
From How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity by St. John, Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew)
The watches are worthless, the diamonds and other jewels are paste, and the gold is pinchbeck or Dutch metal.
From The Secrets of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney
The so-called gilding is really Dutch metal or copper, and the silver is tin or zinc, so that the two actually form a voltaic couple.
From The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. by Phin, John
Matthew, I found, was but a piece of coarse gingerbread, tricked out with the Dutch metal of false sentiment.
From Sketches by Seymour — Volume 05 by Seymour, Robert
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