Bed-and-breakfast
an accommodation offered by an inn, hotel, or especially a private home, consisting of a room for the night and breakfast the next morning for one inclusive price.
an inn, hotel, or private home offering such an accommodation.
Abbreviation: B&B.
Contemporary Examples
Instead, I stayed in a bed-and-breakfast kind of place near the sea, so near that everything in it felt damp all the time.
My Time on the Set of ‘Jaws,’ or How to Get a Photo of a Frickin’ Mechanical Shark Tom Shales August 16, 2014
I was brought up Italian, and taught how to work a room and take care of the guests at the bed-and-breakfast my parents owned.
Steven Tyler’s Idol Reincarnation Peter Lauria January 16, 2011
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