initials
/ɪˈnɪʃəlz/ noun B1- An abbreviation of a person's name, constructed by taking the initial letters of first, last, and sometimes middle name(s). See monogram · Write your initials at the top of the page.
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The initials V.V.
Somebody’s initials, maybe.
The Avonlea school was a whitewashed building, low in the eaves and wide in the windows, furnished inside with comfortable substantial old-fashioned desks that opened and shut, and were carved all over their lids with the initials and hieroglyphics of three generations of school children.
I would suggest, for example, that a presentation to a doctor is more likely to come from a hospital than from a hunt, and that when the initials ‘C.C.’ are placed before that hospital the words ‘Charing Cross’ very naturally suggest themselves.”
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