collection plate

noun

1. plate ¹( def 7 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of collection plate¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Sergeant: It is the nest-egg half-crown we hand round in the collection plate every Sunday morning.

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It is the nest-egg half-crown we hand round in the collection-plate every Sunday morning.

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The father was respectable and tight, a mortgage fancier and a stern, upright collection-plate passer and forecloser.

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It isn't always the front seats that are occupied by His humblest children, when the collection plate gets busy.

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Good intentions never make the dollars ring in the collection plate.

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