Meaning of L-plate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A plastic square consisting of a large letter L, placed on the front and rear of a vehicle to indicate that the driver is a learner.
2. The condition of being a novice or learner.
   broadly, informal

Examples

“He was also a poet on 'L' plates having published one very slim (to the point of anorexic) collection of verse.”

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