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hidey-hole

American  
[hahy-dee-hohl] / ˈhaɪ diˌhoʊl /

noun

Informal.
  1. a nook or cranny used as a hiding place.


Etymology

Origin of hidey-hole

First recorded in 1810–20; hide 1 + -ey 2 + hole

Example Sentences

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Every flat surface and hidey-hole of this bridge is stuffed and stippled with nests.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2024

However, over time, that designated email account can become so well-used that it stops being a hidey-hole for spam and becomes another account that offers advertisers and others a source for information to aggregate.

From The Verge • Aug. 6, 2021

Spicer made a modest attempt to rejoin public life with the publication of the book he wrote that nobody wanted in 2018, only to be slapped back into his hidey-hole.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2019

For whatever reason, Diesel has yet to set one of its Only the Brave men’s fragrance adverts in an embassy hidey-hole, where the protagonist is shown skewing elections to a dubstep soundtrack.

From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2017

He scrambled to a hidey-hole beneath his owner’s cabin.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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