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El·gin marbles (el′gin)

a collection of ancient Athenian marble sculptures taken chiefly from the Parthenon, in the British Museum since 1816

Etymology: after 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who brought them to England

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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