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Words nearby pps

ppm, pPNET, PPO, ppp, ppr., pps, ppt., PPTA, ppv, PQ, PQE

Other definitions for pps (2 of 2)

P.P.S.

or p.p.s.

abbreviation

a second or additional postscript.

Origin of P.P.S.

From Latin post postscrīptum

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How to use pps in a sentence

I refer my learned opponents to Wharton's Criminal Treatise, at pps.
Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York|A. F. Warburton
This appears a mistake (f. 168 foot, and note on Pps daughters).
The Bbur-nma in English|Babur, Emperor of Hindustan

British Dictionary definitions for pps

PPS

abbreviation for

parliamentary private secretary

Also: pps post postscriptum

Word Origin for PPS

(for sense 2) Latin: after postscript; additional postscript

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