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abbreviation

Civilian Conservation Corps: the former U.S. federal agency (1933–1943), organized to utilize the nation's unemployed youth by building roads, planting trees, improving parks, etc.

Commodity Credit Corporation.

continuous chest compressions: a form of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

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CCC²

Symbol.

a quality rating for a corporate or municipal bond, lower than B and higher than CC.

How to use CCC in a sentence

"I c-c-c-o-o-ouldn't help it," sputtered Ding-dong sorrowfully.
The Motor Rangers Through the Sierras|Marvin West
This is the cli—cli—climax of Eas—Eas—Easter vac—c—c—c—c—cation!
Pee-Wee Harris Adrift|Percy Keese Fitzhugh
Beneath the two first were inserted six joists, c c c c c c, about 82 feet in length and of 14 or 16 inch section in the center.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885|Various
L-l-l-ook, there is s-s-s-smoke c-c-c-coming out from back of the car!
The Motor Rangers Through the Sierras|Marvin West

M-m-mine were here c-c-c-centuries before the C-c-c-conqueror was born.'
Cornish Worthies, Volume 1 (of 2)|Walter H. Tregellas

British Dictionary definitions for CCC

c.c.c.

abbreviation for

cwmni cyfyngedig cyhoeddus; a public limited company in Wales

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