c & b

British  

abbreviation

1. caught and bowled (by)

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Example Sentences

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

From The Guardian • Mar. 24, 2013

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 Winslow, Horatio

The figure represents the back of the pigeon; and the direction of the knife is in the line c, b, by a, if done the last way.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

There are seven arches in the lower story; and, calling the central arch a, and counting to the extremity, they diminish in the alternate order a, c, b, d.

From The Seven Lamps of Architecture by Ruskin, John

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 Ruskin, John