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Synonyms

snuggery

American  
[snuhg-uh-ree] / ˈsnʌg ə ri /
Or snuggerie

noun

British.

plural

snuggeries
  1. a snug place or position.

  2. a comfortable or cozy room.


snuggery British  
/ ˈsnʌɡərɪ /

noun

  1. a cosy and comfortable place or room

  2. another name for snug

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of snuggery

First recorded in 1805–15; snug + -ery

Example Sentences

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A quantity of royal pots & pans, some from Buckingham Palace and others from His Majesty's suburban snuggery Fort Belvedere, were turned over to her, together with a royal housekeeper named Mrs. Mason.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Baldwin is again with the King at the snuggery from 6:15 to 7:30.

From Time Magazine Archive

May 25 inspected the Queen Mary prior to her maiden voyage, flying from his snuggery, Fort Belvedere at Sunningdale, to Southampton and back to Sunningdale, while Queen Mary went by train.

From Time Magazine Archive

A special sleeping-car train then took them to Berchtesgaden, whence they drove to the chalet Haus Wachenfeld, the Bavarian snuggery of Der F�hrer.

From Time Magazine Archive

At one end of the Mews there was a little fireplace and a kind of snuggery, like the place in a saddle-room where the grooms sit to clean their tack on wet nights after foxhunting.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White