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I.W.W.

American  
Or IWW
IWW British  

abbreviation

  1. Industrial Workers of the World

"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

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The Justice Department began a nationwide crackdown in September, 1917, raiding all four dozen I.W.W. offices and the homes of many activists.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2019

Tons of I.W.W. records, which the Justice Department had seized in the raids, were later burned.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2019

It depicts a young man stepping over a low barrier toward the viewer with one hand raised against a red sky emblazoned with the letters I.W.W., for the Industrial Workers of the World.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2013

A century ago, the I.W.W. — better known as the Wobblies — was a swaggering, radical union with 100,000 members.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2010

Adam heard of the development of the I.W.W. with its angry angels.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck