CliffsNotes

CliffsNotes
['klifsˌnōts]
n. trademark a brand name for a series of prepared notes used as study guides for literary works and other school and college subject matter
Origin:
for Cliff Hillegass (1918 - 2001), U.S. developer of the series

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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