copperplate
Origin of copperplate
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How to use copperplate in a sentence
The same remark is applicable to most of the copperplate and lithographic portraits of Beethoven.
Life of Beethoven | Anton SchindlerI give a reproduction which suggests somewhat the effect of the famous copperplate of Erasmus.
Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New | Walter CraneThe outside of it looked all right, with its address in Thompson's neat copperplate.
The La Chance Mine Mystery | Susan Carleton JonesIt wasn't written on in Thompson's neat copperplate or in his neat phrases, either.
The La Chance Mine Mystery | Susan Carleton JonesIt was written in Thompson's careful, back-number copperplate, perhaps not so careful as usual, but his unmistakably.
The La Chance Mine Mystery | Susan Carleton Jones
British Dictionary definitions for copperplate
/ (ˈkɒpəˌpleɪt) /
a polished copper plate on which a design has been etched or engraved
a print taken from such a plate
a fine handwriting based upon that used on copperplate engravings
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