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*[[Ball bearing]] - particularly in the context of a [[BB gun]]: a primitive air weapon that fires ball-bearings or similarly-shaped shot. | *[[Ball bearing]] - particularly in the context of a [[BB gun]]: a primitive air weapon that fires ball-bearings or similarly-shaped shot. | ||
| − | '''B.B.''' was also the pen name of the British | + | '''B.B.''' was also the pen name of the British children's writer Denys Watkins-Pitchford (1905-1990), author of ''The Little Grey Men'' (1942) and other novels which drew much of their lyrical inspiration from the natural world.<ref>http://www.welford.org/bb.htm</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 12:12, July 14, 2016
B.B. is an abbreviation which may refer to:
- Ballast Bonus - a special payment in shipping terms
- Bareboat - a shipping term describing a type of charter
- Boys' Brigade - an international non-denominational Christian youth organization
- Ball bearing - particularly in the context of a BB gun: a primitive air weapon that fires ball-bearings or similarly-shaped shot.
B.B. was also the pen name of the British children's writer Denys Watkins-Pitchford (1905-1990), author of The Little Grey Men (1942) and other novels which drew much of their lyrical inspiration from the natural world.[1]