Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cliche"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clich'e \Cli`ch['e]"\, n. [F. clich['e], from clicher to
stereotype.]
A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament,
or lettering, in relief.
{Clich['e] 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cliche
n : a trite or obvious remark [syn: {platitude}, {banality}, {commonplace},
{bromide}]
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