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cubby
[ kuhb-ee ]
noun
- a cubbyhole.
- any of a group of small boxlike enclosures or compartments, open at the front, in which children can keep their belongings, as at a nursery school.
cubby
1/ ˈkʌbɪ /
noun
- a small room or enclosed area, esp one used as a child's play area
cubby
2/ ˈkʌbɪ /
adjective
- dialect.short and plump; squat
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There is also a built-in cubby above the desk that I found useful for storing cables, headphones, and other odds and ends.
They were building little dams, and they were building huts and cubbies.
A simple side shelf or cubby can make a big difference when trying to manage your mess.
Flats and sandals may easily slide into a cubby or over-the-door pocket, and your fancy, expensive heels may be happier perched at the top of a tower unit, where they can’t get damaged or accidentally walked on.
It has a shelf at the bottom for shoes, removable hooks on the sides, and drawers, open cubbies and doors that conceal additional shelves.
The cubby and the 460 bottles of wine, valued at $8,339.50 will remain at Cricova to be displayed.
It is unclear if Kerry will be able to grab a bottle or two from the cubby the next time he passes through Moldova.
Only later in life did I confront the obvious question: did the Nixon goons break into my cubby and steal my notes?
The next day, Psaki wrote: “I am putting some dead fish in the fox cubby – just cause.”
The duke's room was pretty small, but plenty good enough, and so was my cubby.
I groped along up to my cubby, and hid it there till I could get a chance to do better.
There was the cubby, the wood all carefully painted in white enamel, the portable shelves made of sheets of heavy glass.
When dinner was over, papa was enticed up to see the cubby-house, while the aunts took their nap.
The commodore and Clarence no doubt still believed Bob to be shut up in a cute little cubby-hole with bars.
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