Dutch gold              a copper-zinc alloy, used in thin sheets as
                        imitation gold leaf.
ormolu                  a copper-zinc alloy imitative of gold; gilded.
                        metal; powdered gold for use in gilding.
tombac                  an alloy used to imitate gold: copper with
                        zinc and sometimes tin.
oroide                  an alloy of copper, tin, etc., imitative of gold.
billon                  gold or silver alloyed with a larger amount of
                        base metal; a coin made of this.
pinchbeck               an alloy of zinc and copper, used to imitate
                        gold; (adj.) sham.
Prince Rupert's metal   an alloy of copper with 15 to 40 percent zinc,
                        used to imitate gold.
Mannheim gold           a brass alloy in imitation of gold.
skewing                 removal of excess gold leaf from a stamped surface.
clinquant               garishly decorated; glittering with tinsel.
                        n. tinsel, fake gold leaf, etc.
latten                  a brasslike alloy often made into thin sheets;
                        tin plate; any sheet metal.  [< MF /laton/
                        copper-zinc alloy.]