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I don't think any of those show that the use of "boilerplate" to mean "required verbose writing" predates boiler nameplates though?

• pvg 4y ago
  They don't but it explains why pre-set/cast type plates that were sent ready-made to newspapers were called 'boiler plate' which in turn explains the origin of 'boilerplate' a lot better than the nameplate thing.
• Smoosh 4y ago
  A large slab of standardised content/dimensions ?