BOARD OF WORKS
\bˈɔːd ɒv wˈɜːks], \bˈɔːd ɒv wˈɜːks], \b_ˈɔː_d ɒ_v w_ˈɜː_k_s]\
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The naino of a board of officers appointed for the better local management of the English metropolis. They have the care and management of all grounds and gardens dedicated to the use of the inhabitants in the metropolis; also the superintendence of the drainage; also the regulation of the street traffic, and, generally, of the buildings of the metropolis. Brown.
By Henry Campbell Black
