cubbyhole
Americannoun
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a small enclosed space or room
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any small compartment, such as a pigeonhole
Etymology
Origin of cubbyhole
Example Sentences
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“I don’t begrudge anyone retiring,” longtime regular Daniel Eiben said Sept. 15, poking his head into Yoshimura’s cluttered cubbyhole of an office on the store’s penultimate day in business.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2023
She was one of just two women on Brzezinski’s staff and occupied a windowless cubbyhole in the West Wing, but Dr. Albright relished her proximity to power.
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2022
She made a cubbyhole in some bamboo in her back garden and read The Secret Garden.
From BBC • Aug. 2, 2019
Even the former cubbyhole where the ATM was located will have a use, as the video equipment spot so the church videographer can record Sunday services to be streamed over the Internet.
From Washington Times • Dec. 31, 2018
He peered up at me for the first time since we’d walked into his cubbyhole office.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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