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/ˈkɑpərˌpleɪt/ · noun
A copper plate, either etched or engraved, to make a recessed pattern..
1999. Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 36 (2001 Perennial paperback edition). The village school was a fine school […] He learned his reading and had a fair copperplate hand.
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Copperplate means A copper plate, either etched or engraved, to make a recessed pattern..
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1999. Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 36 (2001 Perennial paperback edition). The village school was a fine school […] He learned his reading and had a fair copperplate hand.
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