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# {{lb|en|retail}} [[health]] and [[beauty]] care |
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Revision as of 08:37, 22 May 2023
English
Noun
HBC (plural HBCs)
- (retail) health and beauty care
- (medicine) hormonal birth control
- (veterinary medicine) hit by car
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of hexabenzocoronene.
Proper noun
HBC
- (Canada, historical) Hudson's Bay Company, a major Canadian retailer and former British Crown corporation on the North American fur trade.
- 2002, Jan Peterson, Black Diamond City: Nanaimo, the Victorian Era, Heritage House Publishing Co, →ISBN, page 25:
- Many ships played important roles in the HBC history. They maintained order and carried on trade with Alaska. On the West Coast those most familiar were the steamer Beaver and the schooner Cadboro, both armed with cannon.