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bed and breakfast

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English

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Etymology 1

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From bed +‎ breakfast, from having a bed for the night and breakfast in the morning on offer.

Noun

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bed and breakfast (plural bed and breakfasts)

  1. A private home, guesthouse, small hotel etc. where guests are provided overnight accommodations and served breakfast but usually no other meals.
    Synonyms: (initialism) B&B; see also Thesaurus:lodging place
    Coordinate terms: pension, motel, hotel, inn; room and board
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Etymology 2

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From the notion that two shillings and six pence was once the price of lodging and breakfast in an inn.[1]

Noun

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bed and breakfast (plural bed and breakfasts)

  1. (darts) A score of 26, made up of a score of 20, 1 and 5 in any order.
    Synonym: (initialism) B&B
    • [1978 April, Dan Wheeler, Tom Jansing, “Mugs away!”, in All Hands, page 11:
      The language of darts is a combination of hybrid Cockney slang, metaphor and phrases that “stuck” for no apparent reason except they sounded good. [] Bed ’n’ breakfast—the number 26 when scored by hitting a 20, 5, and 1; comes from the price of a bed and breakfast in Olde England which was 2/6d, two shillings and sixpence.]
    • 1984, Ivan L. Brackin, William Fitzgerald, Darts, page 72:
      This can be a lengthy procedure when neither team can do better than ‘bed and breakfast’ (26).
  2. (bingo) The number 26.
    • [2008, Marcus Waring, The Deranged Book for Old Timers, page 68:
      Bingo calls that might leave the budding old-timer generally baffled include: [] 26 ― Bed and breakfast. Traditionally it would cost two and six – two shillings and six pence. Now its £180 a night but you get biscuits.]

References

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  1. ^ “bed and breakfast”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English bed and breakfast

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌbɛt ɛn ˈbrɛkfəst/
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Noun

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bed and breakfast c (plural bed and breakfasts)

  1. bed and breakfast

Finnish

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Etymology

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< English bed and breakfast

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbedˌændˌbrekfɑst/, [ˈbe̞dˌændˌbre̞kfɑ̝s̠t]

Noun

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bed and breakfast

  1. Synonym of aamiaismajoitus (bed and breakfast).

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Possessive forms of bed and breakfast (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English bed and breakfast.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛd em ˈbrɛk.fast/

Noun

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bed and breakfast m (invariable)

  1. bed and breakfast (guesthouse)
    Synonym: (initialism) B&B

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌbed ˌam ˈbɾeiɡfast/ [ˌbeð̞ ˌãm ˈbɾei̯ɣ̞.fast̪]

Noun

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bed and breakfast m (plural bedes and breakfasts or bed and breakfast)

  1. bed and breakfast