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Currier and Ives definition

Cur·rier and Ives (kʉr′ē ər ənd īvz′)

any of a 19th-cent. series of prints showing the manners, people, and events of the times

Etymology: after N. Currier (1813-88) & J. M. Ives (1824-95), U.S. founders of the lithographing firm that published the prints

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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