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c & b

British  

abbreviation

  1. caught and bowled (by)

"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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And, in case you are wondering, the answers are b, c, b, a.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2013

But this central bar, c, may not be enough, and the spaces a c, c b, may still need support.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by John Ruskin

The lines rhyme together a, b, a, b, b, c, b, c, in each stanza and in the envoy b, c, b, c.

From Rhymes and Meters A Practical Manual for Versifiers by Horatio Winslow

Its rhyme scheme is a b a b b c b c c.

From Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism by F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton) Painter

The inclination of this slope, or angle c b d; 5.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by John Ruskin

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