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Cliffs Notes

American  
[klifs] / klɪfs /
Trademark.

  1. a series of pamphlets with summaries and basic analyses of works of literature, intended as study aids.

Etymology

Origin of Cliffs Notes

After Cliff Hillegass, founder of Cliffs Notes, Inc.

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