Definition of "cupronickel" []

• An alloy of copper that contains 10 to 30 percent nickel. (noun)

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• "If it pleases you, you can even make disks of that base cupronickel and let folk use that, as their chink-chink attracts and entertains the simpler of them who are happy to use piddling little numbers rather than big numbers with lots of noughts after them."
• "To make gold, take as much base metal ore as you like – say cupronickel – and heat it in a crucible."
• "So again, today ` s "Entertainment Weekly" Oscar quiz -- Oscar statuettes were first made of bronze before the Academy switched to which of these gold-plated alloys, adamantium, britannia metal, cupronickel or brass?"