Talmi gold
[ tahl-mee ]
/ ˈtɑl mi /
noun
a metal made by rolling gold on brass, used in making costume jewelry.
Also called
Abyssinian gold.
Origin of Talmi gold
1865–70; < German
Talmigold counterfeit gold, partial translation of French
Tal. mi-or, shortening of
Tallois demi-or literally, Tallois half-gold, a copper-zinc alloy with a thin gold coating, named after a 19th-century Parisian inventor