snuggery
Americannoun
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a cosy and comfortable place or room
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another name for snug
Etymology
Origin of snuggery
Example Sentences
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She had skipped back to her native land from her $4-million, 50-room Paris snuggery in 1940 after some 30 years abroad.
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
Adolf Hitler, back from the wars for a short vacation at his Alpine snuggery, rescinded his ban on dancing and decreed that his countrymen could dance on Wednesdays and Saturdays between 7 p.m. and curfew.
From Time Magazine Archive
She telephones King Edward who has just had another night session with Mr. Baldwin, this time at the snuggery, from which the Prime Minister departs calmly puffing at his famed pipe.
From Time Magazine Archive
I somersaulted deeper into my snuggery of misery.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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