An overused expression or idea, it comes from the French for "to stereotype"
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may refer to: Stereotype printing -- This is the original sense of "clich", and 
comes from the ... A trite or overused expression or idea | A person or character 
whose... [DOC] [TLE] Untitled Document [PAR] The financial meaning of "audit" comes from the notion that originally these were 
done ... A trite or overused expression or idea (remember "hackneyed?").