Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Cliché

Cliché , noun

[French cliché, from clicher to stereotype.]

1.
A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief.
2.
a trite or obvious remark.
Collocations (1)
Cliché casting , a mode of obtaining an impression from a die or woodcut, or the like, by striking it suddenly upon metal which has been fused and is just becoming solid; also, the casting so obtained.

Also: Cliche