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• I.W.W.
  I.W.W.

  abbreviation

  Industrial Workers of the World.
• IWW
  IWW

  abbreviation

  Industrial Workers of the World

I.W.W.

American  

Or IWW

abbreviation

1. Industrial Workers of the World.

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IWW British  

abbreviation

1. Industrial Workers of the World

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Example Sentences

The Justice Department began a nationwide crackdown in September, 1917, raiding all four dozen I.W.W. offices and the homes of many activists.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2019

Tons of I.W.W. records, which the Justice Department had seized in the raids, were later burned.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2019

It depicts a young man stepping over a low barrier toward the viewer with one hand raised against a red sky emblazoned with the letters I.W.W., for the Industrial Workers of the World.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2013

A century ago, the I.W.W. — better known as the Wobblies — was a swaggering, radical union with 100,000 members.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2010

Adam heard of the development of the I.W.W. with its angry angels.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck