babbittmetal

babbittmetal
bab·bitt metal (băbʹĭt) n.
Any of several soft, silvery antifriction alloys composed of tin usually with small amounts of copper and antimony.
  [After Isaac Babbitt (1799-1862), American inventor who patented such an alloy.]

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