snuggery
Americannoun
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a cosy and comfortable place or room
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another name for snug
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Origin of snuggery
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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
Mr. Baldwin is again with the King at the snuggery from 6:15 to 7:30.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week the two men were closeted in the Realmleader's mountain snuggery amid the pungent pines of Bavaria.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
I somersaulted deeper into my snuggery of misery.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
Spend time in the snuggeries of Mr. Cunningham’s lonely worlds — in Bushwick, in the West Village, in a cottage somewhere — and you’re sure to feel less alone.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2015
On the surface, the German Fleet was hiding in its snuggeries.
From Time Magazine Archive
A friend had given us pilgrims and dusty wayfarers his suburban residence, with all its conveniences, elegances, and snuggeries, its lawn and its cosy garden-nooks.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters by Arthur Mee
I had the curiosity to enter one of these little snuggeries, which was unoccupied.
From Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands by Charles Nordhoff
Some such snuggeries very possibly exist in England, among the middling classes; but I believe all over the continent of Europe style is never attempted without more suitable means to carry out the intention.
From Recollections of Europe by James Fenimore Cooper
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