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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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Associated Press hockey writer Stephen Whyno and freelance journalist W.G.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2023

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

From Reuters ● May 23, 2022

Carole Angier, the author of a new biography, “Speak, Silence: In Search of W.G. Sebald,” likes to refer to them, borrowing from the writer Michael Hamburger, as “essayistic semi-fiction.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2021

The third part, finished last year, “Analogy/Ambros: The Emigrant,” is taken from a chapter in W.G.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2018

In addition to his enthusiastic but sane missionary work, Chalmers did much to open up the island, and, with his colleague W.G.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

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From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2019

The timber façade was installed by her grandfather, WG Innes, in 1927 in tribute to his love of the Arts and Crafts movement.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2023

Letters written by WG Grace sold in a separate lot for £1,000.

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2022

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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