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B&B

1 American  

B and B 2 American  
  1. Trademark. a brand of liqueur combining Benedictine and brandy.

  2. bed-and-breakfast.


B & B British  

abbreviation

  1. bed and breakfast

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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More recently, the character opened a B&B and had several romances.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

Last year, he emerged as winner on Four in a Bed, where B&B owners compete against each other to be named best host.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

The herb garden remains unplanted, and Lindsay’s vague plans for a “bespoke” B&B are on permanent hold, as are Josh’s musical aspirations.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2026

I followed a small road into the tree-covered village of Bise, where I found B&B Pastoral.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 25, 2025

Her destination: the Secret Garden B&B, forty-two bucks a night.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

"You’re up against a computer system that says A is B and B is C."

From BBC Jul. 23, 2024

In other words, knowing that A usually beats B, and B usually beats C, gives you almost no information about whether A will usually beat C or vice versa.

From Scientific American Sep. 19, 2023

David Nanney, the founder of the Haines John Muir Association and operator of the Chilkat Eagle B and B, collected me at the ferry terminal.

From New York Times May 21, 2018

Under approval voting, if A beats B, and B beats C, A beats C. So, except for when the result is tied, there is always an alternative that is approved more than any other.

From Nature Jul. 24, 2016

He said that as soon as his B and B opened for business, he would become a regular customer.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

So, A is connected to B, B is connected to C, but is A connected to C?

From Washington Post Oct. 13, 2021

Though there are several ensembles, the piece’s structure is essentially the “La Ronde” idea, in which A dances with B, B with C, C with D and so on.

From New York Times Sep. 30, 2012

The structure -- A meets B, B meets C, and so on until the last character encounters A -- comes from Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde.

From Time Magazine Archive

A, A, are the outer edges of the fringing reef; B, B, the shores of the island; and S1 the level of the sea.

From Geology by James Geikie

Draw the rectangle b f g c, and then the diagonal line b e; at a right angle to b e draw line f h, cutting B B at i.

From Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught by Joshua Rose

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