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nookery

American  
[nook-uh-ree] / ˈnʊk ə ri /

noun

plural

nookeries

  1. a snug, secure, or cozy nook.

Etymology

Origin of nookery

First recorded in 1815–25; nook + -ery

Example Sentences

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Meanwhile Mistress Katherine sat before the fire in the tower nookery while Janet unpacked the luggage.

From Mistress Penwick by Payne, Dutton

Accordingly he bought a little estate near Tarrytown on the Hudson River, and had the cottage on this land made over into “a little nookery somewhat in the Dutch style, quaint, but unpretending.”

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

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