Definition of Talmi gold

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Tal·mi gold    (tälm) KEY 

NOUN:

A composite metal made of gold and brass, used in making jewelry.

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ETYMOLOGY:
German Talmigold, partial translation of French Tal. mi-or, contraction of Tallois demi-or, Tallois half-gold : Tallois (after Tallois , 19th-century Parisian inventor) + demi-, demi- + or, gold