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gold bronze

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noun

  1. an alloy of about 90 percent copper, 5 percent zinc, 3 percent lead, and 2 percent tin.


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The IOC retrospectively awarded gold, bronze and silver to athletes based on their rankings.

From The Guardian Jun. 25, 2012

Depending on the degree of baking, the coated steel turns black, gold, bronze, purple, blue, red or green, the color becoming an integral part of the surface.

From Time Magazine Archive

A flaky gold colored powder will remain in the flask, which may be applied to ornamental work in the manner of gold bronze, of which it is a tolerable imitation.

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The colors required in bronze are: Silver bronze, gold bronze, copper bronze, fire bronze, and green bronze.

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A painter's palette, containing crushed gold, bronze, ruby and amethyst, would find it difficult to rival these sumptuous colours.

From More Hunting Wasps by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

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