cubbyhole
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One classmate decided it’d be fun to raid my cubbyhole, fish out my report card, read it aloud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
They were looking for the source of a leak in the roof, but tucked inside a cubbyhole were the "skeletal remains", Mr Glady said.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2024
“I don’t begrudge anyone retiring,” longtime regular Daniel Eiben said Sept. 15, poking his head into Yoshimura’s cluttered cubbyhole of an office on the store’s penultimate day in business.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
Open tennis tournament for a cubbyhole in what used to be a wet bar in her Brentwood home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2020
That might make his little cubbyhole more comfy, though I certainly wouldn’t like to sleep there.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
Report cards weren’t handed out; they were slotted into our personal cubbyholes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
She’d also like to see childcare assistance and facilities become available to female athletes so they don’t have to search for bathrooms or cubbyholes to tend to their children during competitions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2022
Different passes allow different levels of access to halls, bars, committee rooms and cubbyholes within the Victorian-age premises.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2021
Some species carve cubbyholes in tree trunks to stash acorns.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2018
He ran to the row of cubbyholes and examined the markings on the scroll cases.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
