hidy-hole
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He retreats to Neverland through a willow-branch hidy-hole.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2022
An octopus changed colors as I approached, perhaps annoyed that its hidy-hole beneath a rock wasn’t fooling anybody.
From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2019
In the end Arya lured her pursuer, as many initially expected, to the hidy-hole we glimpsed two weeks ago, when her extinguishing of the candle presaged her plan of attack.
From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2016
She squatted down and peered into them, probably in search of a hidy-hole.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Hooever, noo that ye’ve ta’en service wi’ me, and ken about my hidy-hole, I suppose I may trust ye wi’ a’ my secrets.”
From Hunted and Harried by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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