nook and cranny, every
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Everywhere, as in I've searched for it in every nook and cranny, and I still can't find it. This metaphoric idiom pairs nook, which has meant “an out-of-the-way corner” since the mid-1300s, with cranny, which has meant “a crack or crevice” since about 1440. Neither noun is heard much other than in this idiom.
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see nook and cranny.
Example Sentences
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“There is no excuse that West Virginia — every nook and cranny, every person — if they’ve got electricity in their house, by God they can get internet in their house, too.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2022
“There is no excuse that West Virginia - every nook and cranny, every person - if they’ve got electricity in their house, by God they can get internet in their house, too.”
From Washington Times • Dec. 21, 2022
“Every little nook and cranny, every little joint on the East Side, every neighborhood bar, that whole subculture, he loved it all,” she said.
From Washington Times • Mar. 30, 2020
We knew every nook and cranny, every smell, every noise.
From Scientific American • Jan. 2, 2018
Had not his wife loved every nook and cranny, every stick and stone of the home they had beautified within and without?
From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry)
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