bed and breakfast

Definitions

1. A private home, guesthouse, small hotel etc. where guests are provided overnight accommodations and served breakfast but usually no other meals.
2. A score of 26, made up of a score of 20, 1 and 5 in any order.
3. The number 26.

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Examples

“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.”

“This can be a lengthy procedure when neither team can do better than ‘bed and breakfast’ (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.”

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