coop
noun
an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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You, a man of the open, have been cooping yourself up in the cities with all that that means.
From Burning Daylight by London, Jack