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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cliché /ˈkliːʃeɪ/ (also cliche)
▶noun
- 1 a phrase or opinion that is overused and shows a lack of original thought.
■ an unoriginal thing: each building is a mishmash of tired clichés.
- 2 Printing, chiefly Brit. a stereotype or electrotype.
– origin C19: Fr., past part. (used as n.) of clicher ‘to stereotype’.
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cliché of achievement
He was every cliche of a travelling salesman
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He was every cliche of a travelling salesman
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