Definition of "oroide" [o•roide]

• An alloy of copper, zinc, and tin, used in imitation gold jewelry. (noun)

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• "Knovelties and the little Phine Phun oroide gold finger ring that sticks a needle in your friend's hand."
• "Why we got off at the first station we could, belongs to a little oroide gold watch and Alaska diamond deal we failed to pull off the day before, over the Kentucky line."
• "Albert and the oroide gold pants and the amalgamated copper hat, that carried the combination meat-axe, ice-pick, and liberty-pole, and used to stand on the first landing as you go up to the Little"