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Talmi gold
[ tahl-mee ]
noun
- a metal made by rolling gold on brass, used in making costume jewelry.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Talmi gold1
First recorded in 1865–70; from German Talmigold counterfeit gold, partial translation of French Tal. mi-or, shortening of Tallois demi-or literally, T“allois half-gold,” a copper-zinc alloy with a thin gold coating, named after a 19th-century Parisian inventor
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