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WPB en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of wastepaper basket.
    • And then there was a sort of sensation at the door and in came Margaret Thatcher. Rab’s shell crackled and contracted a little, as he tried to look flattered by the attention of his new leader: she whose whole purpose it was to cram Butskellism as harshly as possible into the WPB of history. 1994, Christopher Hitchens, ‘On Spanking’, London Review of Books, volume 16, number 20:

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wpb alternative lexicographic
w.p.b. alternative lexicographic
WPBs Number=Plur lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “WPB” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

WPB en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism) Initialism of War Production Board.
  2. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Workers Party of Britain.

Forms

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Synonyms

WPGB