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
Open tennis tournament for a cubbyhole in what used to be a wet bar in her Brentwood home.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2020
They traveled in the same direction from the Oval Office to their offices in the northwest corner of the White House, which shared a cubbyhole bathroom.
From Washington Post • Jul. 24, 2020
She made a cubbyhole in some bamboo in her back garden and read The Secret Garden.
From BBC • Aug. 2, 2019
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
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