Use "fashion plate" in a sentence

1. Cruising for casual sex was subtle and omnipresent… a sly smile in shops, a wink and turn of the head on the street, the accidental touch of a hand on the bus, the not so subtle groping among crotchless trousers, business suits and fashion plates in the meat markets of gay pubs where patrons chattered to their ‘in’ group, eyeing outsiders and prospective partners with practised disdain, then hovering alone on the footpath after closing time having rejected one suitor too many

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2. He was something of a fashion plate, always well dressed and forever drawing the eyes of the young women around him, though he did not seem to have a steady girl

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3. Lord knows what next Year’s Fashion Plates will show

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4. He picked up his fashion plates, put the yard measure in his pocket, rammed his silk hat sorrowfully on his head and set off for the captain's house

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5. Where are the fashion plates?"

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