A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
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We sat on high stools at the bar while the barman shook the Martinis in a large nickelled shaker.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
For copper, when the supply began to grow short, nickelled iron was quickly substituted.
From England and Germany by William Morris Hughes
Amber entered, his eyes quick, his right hand in his pocket and grateful for the cold caress of nickelled steel, his body poised lightly and tensely upon the balls of his feet—in a word, ready.
From The Bronze Bell by Louis Joseph Vance
Around his neck was a broad nickelled collar.
From A Man's Woman by Frank Norris
Pressing plates, plates of metal japanned or nickelled, used for giving finish to the leather on a book.
From Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians by Noel Rooke
