P.W.D.
Americanabbreviation
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Public Works Department.
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person (or people) with disabilities.
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"Is he a lunatic or a relative or royalty?" the P.W.D. man wondered.
From King of the Khyber Rifles by Talbot Mundy
But well-bred people do not yield to these impulses, so she answered quietly, "He's in the P.W.D."
From Jan and Her Job by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker
We had already descended nearly 5,000 feet by the time that we reached the P.W.D. bungalow at Peshoke, which was situated in a clearing in the forest.
From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
"Don't forget to ask your sister's husband about that chap in the P.W.D.," he called after her.
From Jan and Her Job by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker
"Rotter!" thought the P.W.D. man, almost aloud; but King was not troubled by any further forced conversation.
From King of the Khyber Rifles by Talbot Mundy
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