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PW

  1. Automotive. power windows.
  2. prisoner of war.
  3. public works.


PW

1

abbreviation for

  1. policewoman


pw

2

the internet domain name for

  1. Palau

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Example Sentences

More cheroots—more betel for chewing—more fruit—more sweetmeats—then a grand feast—after that a pw, or theatrical play.

But a race also is a pw, and so, singularly enough, is an examination or a Durbar.

At this the company was much frightened, excepting the card-players, who said ‘Pw!’

Pw is one of the hardest worked of Burmese words, and represents perhaps the most characteristic feature of the country.

Their next meeting was at a pw in Mandalay, on a memorable night in 1897, long after the Myowun had been allowed to return.

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