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(n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; - called also German, / Dutch, brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes white tombac.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tombac'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/tombac.html. 1828.
 
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