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WPB

American  
Or W.P.B.

WPB British  

abbreviation

  1. waste paper basket

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Mr Galloway - a former Labour and Respect MP - is the founder and leader of the WPB.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2024

Mr Galloway came third in the Batley and Spen by-election in 2021, his first time standing under the WPB banner - and it has contested local elections in Scotland and England, without winning a seat.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2024

“Every boy or girl who buys such a garment and every person who sells it,” the head of the WPB stated, “is really doing an unpatriotic deed.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2023

Out of WPB last week, Donald Marr Nelson fired one of his Vice Chairmen�square-jawed Ferdinand Eberstadt, spunky champion of the Army's theory that WPB must stick to materials control, thus indirectly control production.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week, when reporters asked if Nelson would come back to WPB, Cap Krug, busily reorganizing WPB up & down, answered in a hurt voice: "That's not a nice question."

From Time Magazine Archive