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Cliche   /kliʃˈeɪ/   Listen
noun
Cliche  n.  
1.
A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief.
2.
A trite or obvious remark.
Synonyms: platitude, banality, commonplace, bromide.
Cliche casting, a mode of obtaining an impression from a die or woodcut, or the like, by striking it suddenly upon metal which has been fused and is just becoming solid; also, the casting so obtained.





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"Cliche" Quotes from Famous Books



... B. Memoirs, Gardendale, California, 1939. The book never was published; it was merely printed to satisfy the senescent vanity of a property-worshiping, cliche-parroting reactionary who made money ranching before he became governor of Wyoming. He tells a few good anecdotes of range days. Numerous better books pertaining to the range are NOT listed here; this mediocrity ...
— Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest • J. Frank Dobie


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