WPB

English

Alternative forms

• (wastepaper basket): wpb, w.p.b.

Noun

WPB (plural WPBs)

1. Initialism of wastepaper basket.
   • 1994, Christopher Hitchens, ‘On Spanking’, London Review of Books, volume 16, number 20:

     And then there was a sort of sensation at the door and in came Margaret Thatcher. Rab’s shell crackled and contracted a little, as he tried to look flattered by the attention of his new leader: she whose whole purpose it was to cram Butskellism as harshly as possible into the WPB of history.

Proper noun

WPB

1. (historical) Initialism of War Production Board.
2. (UK politics) Initialism of Workers Party of Britain.

Anagrams

• PWB, pbw