Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A broad-bladed Turkish saber.
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Examples
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They wear cowboy hats, ride horses and talk in clichés.
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The bad news is that The Losers also embraces the worst aspects of the action film since the genre's heyday during the 1980s, or if not its worst aspects, then its most derivative, using techniques that were groundbreaking when John Woo and Ringo Lam made their Hong Kong bulletfests but, since The Matrix, have wallowed in cliché.
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However, unlike Legend of the Seeker, the series does not become overly mired in cliché.
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CONS: Bogged down in clichés and repetition at times.
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Or as a more quirky, less cutesy, more original way of wearing a waisted silhouette without doing the full cinch-it-in cliché.
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However, unlike Legend of the Seeker, the series does not become overly mired in cliché.
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CONS: Bogged down in clichés and repetition at times.
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I grew up hearing a certain cliché about Nigeria being “the giant of Africa”.
Global Voices in English » Ghana: Global discussion of Obama’s visit to Ghana
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The finale of Dr. Horrible was upsetting, not just because Penny died in clichéd fashion, but because it was just one instance of the way women around the world throughout history are caught in the crossfire of the endless male struggle for power.
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The finale of Dr. Horrible was upsetting, not just because Penny died in clichéd fashion, but because it was just one instance of the way women around the world throughout history are caught in the crossfire of the endless male struggle for power.
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