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  • 51cliché — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stereotype, plate, cut (See printing); truism, commonplace, platitude; banality, triviality, bromide (inf.). See maxim. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. commonplace, platitude, truism, bromide, stereotype,… …

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  • 52commonplace — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ordinary, usual, everyday; prosy, monotonous, stale, tedious, hackneyed, threadbare, trite, banal. See habit. Ant., unusual, special. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. usual, hackneyed, trite, mundane;… …

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  • 53stale — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. passé; rancid, dried up, tasteless, insipid, flat, vapid; trite, dull, banal, old hat (inf.). See insipidity, weariness. Ant., fresh. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Old or musty] Syn. spoiled, dried,… …

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  • 54threadbare — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. frayed, tattered, worn[ out]; jaded, weary; trite, hackneyed; scanty. See deterioration, divestment, weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Ragged] Syn. shabby, seedy, frayed; see ragged , worn 1 . 2 …

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  • 55commonplace — com•mon•place [[t]ˈkɒm ənˌpleɪs[/t]] adj. 1) ordinary; undistinguished or uninteresting 2) dull or platitudinous: a commonplace remark[/ex] 3) a well known, customary, or obvious remark; a trite or uninteresting saying; platitude 4) anything… …

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  • 56hackney — I. noun (plural hackneys) Etymology: Middle English hakeney Date: 14th century 1. a. a horse suitable for ordinary riding or driving b. a trotting horse used chiefly for driving c. often capitalized any of an English breed of rather compact… …

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  • 57Run it up the flagpole — articleissues unreferenced=November 2007 orphan=July 2007 do attempt=May 2008 Let s run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes it is a catchphrase which became popular in the United States during the late 1950s and early… …

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  • 58Little Nobody — Andrez Bergen Background information Also known as Andrew Bergen / Schlock Tactile / Slam dunk Ninja Origin Melbourne, Victoria …

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  • 59New Cutie Honey — Cover art of North American Essential Anime release by ADV Films, 2004 …

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  • 60Death prevails — Album par Hackneyed Sortie 27 Juillet 2008 Durée 30:41 Genre(s) Death Metal Label Nuclear Blast Death Prevails est le premier album studio …

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