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bed and breakfast en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A private home, guesthouse, small hotel etc. where guests are provided overnight accommodations and served breakfast but usually no other meals.

Forms

Coordinates

pension · room and board · motel · bed and board · hotel · inn

Deriveds

bed-and-breakfast transaction · bed-and-breakfast deal · bed-and-breakfasting

Descendants

bed-and-breakfast · bed and breakfast · bed and breakfast · Bed and Breakfast · ベッド・アンド・ブレックファスト · bed and breakfast · bed and breakfast · bed and breakfast

Synonyms

hotel · lodging house · B&B · lodging · inn

Translations (47)

fy bed en brochje (guesthouse providing breakfast) · no pensjonat (guesthouse providing breakfast) · et öömaja hommikusöögiga (guesthouse providing breakfast) · ru «бед энд бре́кфаст» (guesthouse providing breakfast) · cy gwely a brecwast (guesthouse providing breakfast) · pt hospedagem domiciliar (guesthouse providing breakfast) · fr bed and breakfast (guesthouse providing breakfast) · cmn 民宿 (guesthouse providing breakfast) · tr pansiyon (guesthouse providing breakfast) · id indekost (guesthouse providing breakfast) · fr maison d'hôte (guesthouse providing breakfast) · it bed and breakfast (guesthouse providing breakfast) · pl pokój ze śniadaniem (guesthouse providing breakfast) · ja 民泊 (guesthouse providing breakfast) · fr maison d'hôtes (guesthouse providing breakfast) · de Fremdenzimmer (guesthouse providing breakfast) · nl logies en ontbijt (guesthouse providing breakfast) · fi aamiaismajoitus (guesthouse providing breakfast) · es bed and breakfast (guesthouse providing breakfast) · sv bed-and-breakfast (guesthouse providing breakfast) · ko 민박 (guesthouse providing breakfast) · fr chambre d'hôtes (guesthouse providing breakfast) · ko 베드 앤드 브렉퍼스트 (guesthouse providing breakfast) · fr bed-and-breakfast (guesthouse providing breakfast) · br kambr-degemer (guesthouse providing breakfast) · pl pensjonat typu B&B (guesthouse providing breakfast) · id kost (guesthouse providing breakfast) · ga leaba agus bricfeasta (guesthouse providing breakfast) · fa تختخواب و صبحانه (guesthouse providing breakfast) · sv rum och frukost (guesthouse providing breakfast) · fa پانسیون (guesthouse providing breakfast) · fi bed and breakfast (guesthouse providing breakfast) · et kodumajutus (guesthouse providing breakfast) · nl bed and breakfast (guesthouse providing breakfast) · ja ベッド・アンド・ブレックファスト (guesthouse providing breakfast) · fr gîte touristique (guesthouse providing breakfast) · de Hotel garni (guesthouse providing breakfast) · cmn 提供住宿與早餐的旅館 /提供住宿与早餐的旅馆 (guesthouse providing breakfast) · ms inap-sarapan (guesthouse providing breakfast) · fr couette et café (guesthouse providing breakfast) · de Bed and Breakfast (guesthouse providing breakfast) · fr chambre d'hôte (guesthouse providing breakfast) · da bed and breakfast (guesthouse providing breakfast) · cmn 住宿加早餐酒店 (guesthouse providing breakfast) · ja 民宿 (guesthouse providing breakfast) · gv bee as lhiabbee (guesthouse providing breakfast) · ko 민숙 (guesthouse providing breakfast)

bed and breakfast en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From the notion that two shillings and sixpence was once the price of lodging and breakfast in an inn.

Meanings

1. A score of 26, made up of a score of 20, 1 and 5 in any order.
   • 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. [1978 April, Dan Wheeler, Tom Jansing, “Mugs away!”, in All Hands, page 11:
   • This can be a lengthy procedure when neither team can do better than ‘bed and breakfast’ (26). 1984, Ivan L. Brackin, William Fitzgerald, Darts, page 72:
2. The number 26.
   • 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. [2008, Marcus Waring, The Deranged Book for Old Timers, page 68:

Forms

Synonyms

B&B