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
Previosly voted Wales' favourite word, Cwtch means hug or cuddle - however it's second meaning is a cubbyhole or cupboard; a small space in which to store things safely.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 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
In a cubbyhole beneath an attic sat a radio room complete with desks, where detainees tuned in nightly to the BBC.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 26, 2022
After he'd retreated into Mr. Carver's cubbyhole, Ross Wilcox and Gary Drake got busy whispering round the hard kids and the in-between kids.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
Report cards weren’t handed out; they were slotted into our personal cubbyholes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
“Everybody came out of their cubbyholes to watch her,” said Ms. Mitchell, who recalled watching the first broadcast in the newsroom.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
Long before first pitch, a cowboy hat is set behind the bat rack and under three rows of cubbyholes housing helmets in the Angels dugout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 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
On the way there, Mariam saw herb shops, and open-fronted cubbyholes where shoppers bought oranges and pears, books, shawls, even falcons.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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