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HTML

<script src="http://dotdotdot.frebsite.nl/js/jquery.dotdotdot-1.2.1.js"></script>
<div id = "multilinedText">
This text is so big that it won't fit in a single line, maybe we could use two lines or even three!
</div>

CSS

#multilinedText {
  margin: 50px;
  padding: 10px;
  width: 150px;
  height: 60px;
  background-color: lightblue;
}

JavaScript

$("#multilinedText").dotdotdot()