Mannheim gold

English

Etymology

From Mannheim in Germany, where much of it was made.

Noun

Mannheim gold (uncountable)

  1. A kind of brass, containing 80% copper and 20% zinc, made in imitation of gold.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Mannheim gold in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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