nickel plate
noun
a thin coating of nickel deposited on the surface of a piece of metal, as by electroplating.
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nickel-plateverb (used with object)to coat with nickel by electroplating or other process.
nickel plate
1 Americannoun
nickel-plate
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American
[nik-uhl-playt]
/ ˈnɪk əlˈpleɪt /
verb (used with object)
nickel-plated,
nickel-plating
nickel plate
British
noun
Etymology
Origin of nickel plate1
First recorded in 1870–75
Origin of nickel-plate2
First recorded in 1880–85
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He took out a nickel plate that bore his name.
From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Holman Day
In the sense of the poet Goethe—that meek idolater of provincial three carat royalty and nobility—our press is certainly bankrupt in the "thrill of awe"—otherwise reverence; reverence for nickel plate and brummagem.
From The American Claimant by Mark Twain
It was not a bath in the usual sense of water on tap, and shining nickel plate, but a bath for all that, where with premeditation and forethought one might bathe.
From The Street of Seven Stars by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The description of Barber's brace documents a major technical change: wood to steel, leather washers to ball bearings, and natural patina to nickel plate.
From Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Peter C. Welsh
The modern flats were delightfully airy, high up in the sun, their floors were hard-wood, their bath-rooms tiled, their kitchens all tempting enamel, and nickel plate, and shining new wood.
From Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby by Kathleen Thompson Norris
If it has a bone handle and nickel-plate finish besides, the customer cannot get his money out fast enough.
From Time Magazine Archive
The trick that had to be done was to nickel-plate them inside.
From Time Magazine Archive
That nickel-plate was, I confess, a happy thought," said Nick; "and it was the more necessary because I had become somewhat scratched during my adventurous experiences.
From The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Often Martie and Teddy had their supper at Childs', in the clean warm brightness of marble and nickel-plate.
From Martie, the Unconquered by Kathleen Thompson Norris
"At the worst they can but scratch my beautiful nickel-plate," he said.
From The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Rogue Paq Poppy Party Ashtray – The ultimate host’s ashtray, the Poppy Party Ashtray looks like a beautiful poppy, in polished brass or nickel-plated finishes.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025
For nearly two decades, karak — an elixir of sugar, dehydrated milk and cardamom-infused tea — has largely been the same price, just one nickel-plated steel dirham coin.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
Its rounded lower curve rested in Clark’s lap while he bear-hugged the nickel-plated instrument’s middle and the foot-thick bell horn bloomed above him.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2020
That honor goes to a nickel-plated, cigar-smoking duck he made for the 1978 movie “Convoy” about an armada of truckers who confront a crooked Arizona sheriff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2017
The sun slanted onto the white-penny-tile floor and gleamed off the nickel-plated fixtures of the claw-foot tub, grandly positioned under the window.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Faber invented the nickel-plating of pencil tips, pencil point protectors, rubber tips.
From Time Magazine Archive
By the time I had discovered that a profusion of nickel-plating, plush, and damask does not compensate for closeness and dust, the train ran into the daylight on the banks of the Sacramento River.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling
She was constructed many years ago and her nickel-plating is nearly gone.
From The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces by Joyce Kilmer
Scales or circles divided on brass may be greatly improved in durability by nickel-plating.
From On Laboratory Arts by Richard Threlfall
This is always done in factories where nickel-plating is carried on, but it is inconvenient in the laboratory.
From On Laboratory Arts by Richard Threlfall
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