cliche (klesha)

[F., pp. of clicher, stereotype, Clianthus pun i ceus. quer, clap (see click1 ). Cf. G. abklatschen, stereotype, IMG:content-0583.jpg:[blocks in formation] 3.-2. A person employed by a shopkeeper to stand at the door and solicit custom. [Vulgar, Eng.]-3. In shoemaking, one who cuts out leather for the uppers and soles of boots and shoes.-4. In printing, as formerly and still sometimes conducted, the compositor who receives the copy of a work and distributes it among the other compositors, makes up the pages, and sets up head-lines, etc.; the leader of a companionship of typesetters.