What does “sndry explns” mean in one of the Hitchhiker's guide books?





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In the second book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, contractors were told not to install a teleporter into a ship that's going to be sent into the sun. They did it anyway and put it in for 5x the price under "Sndry, explns." in the bill.




... the foreman had explained that the accountant could go and boil his
head and the accountant had explained to the foreman that the thing
approaching him rapidly from his left was a knuckle sandwich. After
the explanations had been concluded, work was discontinued on the
teleport which subsequently passed unnoticed on the invoice as “Sund,
explns.”
at five times the price.




I get that the first part is "sundry", but what is "explns"?










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    In the second book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, contractors were told not to install a teleporter into a ship that's going to be sent into the sun. They did it anyway and put it in for 5x the price under "Sndry, explns." in the bill.




    ... the foreman had explained that the accountant could go and boil his
    head and the accountant had explained to the foreman that the thing
    approaching him rapidly from his left was a knuckle sandwich. After
    the explanations had been concluded, work was discontinued on the
    teleport which subsequently passed unnoticed on the invoice as “Sund,
    explns.”
    at five times the price.




    I get that the first part is "sundry", but what is "explns"?










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      In the second book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, contractors were told not to install a teleporter into a ship that's going to be sent into the sun. They did it anyway and put it in for 5x the price under "Sndry, explns." in the bill.




      ... the foreman had explained that the accountant could go and boil his
      head and the accountant had explained to the foreman that the thing
      approaching him rapidly from his left was a knuckle sandwich. After
      the explanations had been concluded, work was discontinued on the
      teleport which subsequently passed unnoticed on the invoice as “Sund,
      explns.”
      at five times the price.




      I get that the first part is "sundry", but what is "explns"?










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      In the second book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, contractors were told not to install a teleporter into a ship that's going to be sent into the sun. They did it anyway and put it in for 5x the price under "Sndry, explns." in the bill.




      ... the foreman had explained that the accountant could go and boil his
      head and the accountant had explained to the foreman that the thing
      approaching him rapidly from his left was a knuckle sandwich. After
      the explanations had been concluded, work was discontinued on the
      teleport which subsequently passed unnoticed on the invoice as “Sund,
      explns.”
      at five times the price.




      I get that the first part is "sundry", but what is "explns"?







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          Expln is a common abbreviation of the word "explain" found in programming and legal language. Presumably explns would be explanations.



          Coupled with sundry (sndry), this would be




          "sundry explanations"




          otherwise known as




          "various excuses"







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            I've deleted my answer as Valorum's is much more correct.

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          • @FuzzyBoots I would be interested to see your answer, wondering how it's possible to be incorrect.

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            @theonlygusti I guessed "sundry expenses", a fairly common item in balance books, figuring that there was a chance that the quoted abbreviation might be less correct than thought (it was incorrect, but not that much).

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            @FuzzyBoots - I checked three different editions to ensure that it wasn't just a typo :-)

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          • @valorum Yes. You corrected it after I'd answered, and then you answered. :)

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          Expln is a common abbreviation of the word "explain" found in programming and legal language. Presumably explns would be explanations.



          Coupled with sundry (sndry), this would be




          "sundry explanations"




          otherwise known as




          "various excuses"







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            I've deleted my answer as Valorum's is much more correct.

            – FuzzyBoots
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          • @FuzzyBoots I would be interested to see your answer, wondering how it's possible to be incorrect.

            – theonlygusti
            6 hours ago






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            @theonlygusti I guessed "sundry expenses", a fairly common item in balance books, figuring that there was a chance that the quoted abbreviation might be less correct than thought (it was incorrect, but not that much).

            – FuzzyBoots
            5 hours ago






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            @FuzzyBoots - I checked three different editions to ensure that it wasn't just a typo :-)

            – Valorum
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          • @valorum Yes. You corrected it after I'd answered, and then you answered. :)

            – FuzzyBoots
            5 hours ago
















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          Expln is a common abbreviation of the word "explain" found in programming and legal language. Presumably explns would be explanations.



          Coupled with sundry (sndry), this would be




          "sundry explanations"




          otherwise known as




          "various excuses"







          share|improve this answer



















          • 2





            I've deleted my answer as Valorum's is much more correct.

            – FuzzyBoots
            10 hours ago











          • @FuzzyBoots I would be interested to see your answer, wondering how it's possible to be incorrect.

            – theonlygusti
            6 hours ago






          • 1





            @theonlygusti I guessed "sundry expenses", a fairly common item in balance books, figuring that there was a chance that the quoted abbreviation might be less correct than thought (it was incorrect, but not that much).

            – FuzzyBoots
            5 hours ago






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            @FuzzyBoots - I checked three different editions to ensure that it wasn't just a typo :-)

            – Valorum
            5 hours ago











          • @valorum Yes. You corrected it after I'd answered, and then you answered. :)

            – FuzzyBoots
            5 hours ago














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          Expln is a common abbreviation of the word "explain" found in programming and legal language. Presumably explns would be explanations.



          Coupled with sundry (sndry), this would be




          "sundry explanations"




          otherwise known as




          "various excuses"







          share|improve this answer













          Expln is a common abbreviation of the word "explain" found in programming and legal language. Presumably explns would be explanations.



          Coupled with sundry (sndry), this would be




          "sundry explanations"




          otherwise known as




          "various excuses"








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            I've deleted my answer as Valorum's is much more correct.

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          • @FuzzyBoots I would be interested to see your answer, wondering how it's possible to be incorrect.

            – theonlygusti
            6 hours ago






          • 1





            @theonlygusti I guessed "sundry expenses", a fairly common item in balance books, figuring that there was a chance that the quoted abbreviation might be less correct than thought (it was incorrect, but not that much).

            – FuzzyBoots
            5 hours ago






          • 1





            @FuzzyBoots - I checked three different editions to ensure that it wasn't just a typo :-)

            – Valorum
            5 hours ago











          • @valorum Yes. You corrected it after I'd answered, and then you answered. :)

            – FuzzyBoots
            5 hours ago














          • 2





            I've deleted my answer as Valorum's is much more correct.

            – FuzzyBoots
            10 hours ago











          • @FuzzyBoots I would be interested to see your answer, wondering how it's possible to be incorrect.

            – theonlygusti
            6 hours ago






          • 1





            @theonlygusti I guessed "sundry expenses", a fairly common item in balance books, figuring that there was a chance that the quoted abbreviation might be less correct than thought (it was incorrect, but not that much).

            – FuzzyBoots
            5 hours ago






          • 1





            @FuzzyBoots - I checked three different editions to ensure that it wasn't just a typo :-)

            – Valorum
            5 hours ago











          • @valorum Yes. You corrected it after I'd answered, and then you answered. :)

            – FuzzyBoots
            5 hours ago








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          I've deleted my answer as Valorum's is much more correct.

          – FuzzyBoots
          10 hours ago





          I've deleted my answer as Valorum's is much more correct.

          – FuzzyBoots
          10 hours ago













          @FuzzyBoots I would be interested to see your answer, wondering how it's possible to be incorrect.

          – theonlygusti
          6 hours ago





          @FuzzyBoots I would be interested to see your answer, wondering how it's possible to be incorrect.

          – theonlygusti
          6 hours ago




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          @theonlygusti I guessed "sundry expenses", a fairly common item in balance books, figuring that there was a chance that the quoted abbreviation might be less correct than thought (it was incorrect, but not that much).

          – FuzzyBoots
          5 hours ago





          @theonlygusti I guessed "sundry expenses", a fairly common item in balance books, figuring that there was a chance that the quoted abbreviation might be less correct than thought (it was incorrect, but not that much).

          – FuzzyBoots
          5 hours ago




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          @FuzzyBoots - I checked three different editions to ensure that it wasn't just a typo :-)

          – Valorum
          5 hours ago





          @FuzzyBoots - I checked three different editions to ensure that it wasn't just a typo :-)

          – Valorum
          5 hours ago













          @valorum Yes. You corrected it after I'd answered, and then you answered. :)

          – FuzzyBoots
          5 hours ago





          @valorum Yes. You corrected it after I'd answered, and then you answered. :)

          – FuzzyBoots
          5 hours ago


















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