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  • W.G.
    W.G.
    abbreviation
    water gauge.
  • wg
    wg
    abbreviation
    water gauge
  • WG
    WG
    abbreviation
    Grenada (international car registration)

W.G.

American  
Or w.g.

abbreviation

  1. water gauge.

  2. weight guaranteed.

  3. wire gauge.


wg 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. water gauge

  2. wire gauge

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

WG 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Grenada (international car registration)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of WG

from W(indward Islands) G(renada)

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“The Natural History of Destruction,” which is based on a book of the same name by W.G.

From Reuters May 23, 2022

Some of those are referenced throughout, including the work of W.G.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 7, 2022

“It was as if mankind had already made way for another species,” I told my husband, stealing the line from the novelist W.G.

From New York Times Oct. 22, 2021

Herbert P. “Bert” Preston was the oldest son of W.G.

From Seattle Times Aug. 11, 2019

Charleston was the home of the Pinckneys, the Rutledges, the Gadsdens, the Laurenses, and, in a later generation, of W.G.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various

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From Salon Mar. 23, 2019

Wolverhampton-born Baroness Heyhoe Flint is only the second cricketer, after WG Grace, to have a gate named after them at Lord's.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2022

Anyway, the town of Milton Keynes has recently submitted its bid for city status, covered in vellum produced by WG Cowley of Newport Pagnell, the last such facility in the country.

From BBC Dec. 27, 2021

Like WG Sebald, another teacher of literature, Macfarlane brings the full weight of his erudition to the table.

From The Guardian May 8, 2019

Fayetteville worked with a landowner, WG Land Co.

From Washington Times Nov. 17, 2015

“This is a WG Panther. It’s an airsoft gun, which means it’s nothing but a toy. Look, the orange tip is colored black with a Sharpie.”

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

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