Associations to the word «Tombac»

Wiktionary

TOMBAC, noun. Alternative form of tombak

Dictionary definition

TOMBAC, noun. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats