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Bed-and-breakfast
noun, verb
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Noun
- 1 Alternative form of bed and breakfast. alt-of, alternative
"Ms. Soar’s parents bought the property in 1976, and the couple moved in 15 years ago. They’ve spent much of that time struggling to maintain the sprawling estate, operating a bed-and-breakfast, a farm shop, a cider business, a bakery, a pork store and various other commercial ventures to support its upkeep."
- 2 an overnight boardinghouse with breakfast wordnet
Verb
- 1 To stay in a bed and breakfast. intransitive
"We bed-and-breakfasted around Ireland and everywhere had placed before us great slashed loaves of soda bread made with coarse brown flour, buttermilk and bicarbonate of soda."
- 2 To engage in a bed-and-breakfast deal.
"However, other assets (e.g. works of art) are still sometimes bed-and-breakfasted for tax purposes."
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