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Dutch gold

noun

, Sometimes Offensive.
  1. an alloy of copper and zinc in the form of thin sheets, used as an imitation of gold leaf.


Dutch gold

noun

  1. another name for Dutch metal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Sensitive Note

Dutch gold is not really gold. Because Dutch is used to mean “inauthentic” or “fake,” the term is sometimes perceived as insulting to or by the Dutch. Dutch.

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