cubbyhole
Americannoun
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a small enclosed space or room
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any small compartment, such as a pigeonhole
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One classmate decided it’d be fun to raid my cubbyhole, fish out my report card, read it aloud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Previosly voted Wales' favourite word, Cwtch means hug or cuddle - however it's second meaning is a cubbyhole or cupboard; a small space in which to store things safely.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2024
“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
As Kumar planted himself in his cubbyhole, Madhu, a volunteer who addressed him as “boss,” called for advice on whether a village temple should install surveillance cameras.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2022
She sat up, and that motion made the light in her little cubbyhole room come on.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Report cards weren’t handed out; they were slotted into our personal cubbyholes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Caroline MacKinnon fills a set of wooden cubbyholes with shells, feathers and seed pods as well as ceramic discs of her own making.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2023
Long before first pitch, a cowboy hat is set behind the bat rack and under three rows of cubbyholes housing helmets in the Angels dugout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2022
Different passes allow different levels of access to halls, bars, committee rooms and cubbyholes within the Victorian-age premises.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2021
The ruby orb spun into the air and sailed straight for the cubbyholes.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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