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
They were looking for the source of a leak in the roof, but tucked inside a cubbyhole were the "skeletal remains", Mr Glady said.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2024
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
More than a half-dozen snowboards hang in the entryway over a cubbyhole stuffed with boots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 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
“Everybody came out of their cubbyholes to watch her,” said Ms. Mitchell, who recalled watching the first broadcast in the newsroom.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
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
She’d also like to see childcare assistance and facilities become available to female athletes so they don’t have to search for bathrooms or cubbyholes to tend to their children during competitions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2022
On the way there, Mariam saw herb shops, and open-fronted cubbyholes where shoppers bought oranges and pears, books, shawls, even falcons.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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