tombac

An alloy of copper with zinc and sometimes other metals, used in making inexpensive jewelry.

One of the many names of brass; Prince’s metal; Mannheim gold.

An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; — called also German brass or Dutch brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes white tombac.

Alternative form of tombak.

an alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding