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Cruikshank

American  
[krook-shangk] / ˈkrʊkˌʃæŋk /

noun

  1. George, 1792–1878, English illustrator, caricaturist, and painter.


Cruikshank British  
/ ˈkrʊkˌʃæŋk /

noun

  1. George. 1792–1878, English illustrator and caricaturist

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A cartoon by Isaac Cruikshank, Frailties of Fashion, shows just such a scene, with the prince arm in arm with his long-term mistress, Mrs. Fitzherbert, and the diminutive Duchess of York; both women are padded.

From Slate Jul. 21, 2025

Using his phone to photograph the folded-up note he could just about make out the name in handwritten ink - "W S Cruikshank" - the contractor who built the Edwardian theatre.

From BBC Feb. 21, 2025

“We just need to stop the darn thing from moving,” Cruikshank said.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 3, 2024

Cruikshank told the Times on Thursday that he had, for several days, been trying to get on the Republican presidential nominee’s schedule.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2024

When attacked by Cruikshank, he was over forty, for the first caricature of him in which that artist's hand is noticeable was published in 1808.

From George Cruikshank by Chesson, W. H.

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