B.g.
Birmingham gauge.
brigadier general.
Contemporary Examples
But even B.G., the rise of the big book already seemed a central fact of modern publishing.
Are Books Becoming Too Long to Read? Marc Wortman May 21, 2012
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- Niebuhr
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