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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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About 1,000 households with children had been in B&B accommodation for more than the six-week limit, although this represented a fall on a year earlier.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 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

From this week, anyone booking a hotel, B&B, or holiday let for stays in the capital after 24 July 2026 will be subject to the 5% levy.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2025

“No, I’m not at the airport! I’m in a weird horror-movie B&B, where the dolls talk.”

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

So if A usually beats B and B usually beats C, then surely A should usually beat C, right?

From Scientific American ● Sep. 19, 2023

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

A is tangent to B, and B is tangent to C. We’ll call their tangent points AB and BC.

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2012

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

B B B Small inner rooms with remains of painting.

From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. by John L. Stephens

Having indiscreetly talked about what he meant to do to B, B reports him to the police, and he has to abscond and seek shelter in the bush till the matter blows over.

From Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes by Walter Jekyll

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