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Definition of Cubbyhole
1. Noun. A small compartment.
2. Noun. A small secluded room.
Definition of Cubbyhole
1. Noun. A small, cramped room. ¹
2. Noun. A small compartment; a pigeonhole. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cubbyhole
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cubbyhole
Literary usage of Cubbyhole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1896)
"He picked his way over the flower-pots and behind the boxes to where he squeezed
through the long and well-concealed passage to his cubbyhole, and Miss Oo, ..."
2. Grant's Tour Around the World: With Incidents of His Journey Through England by J. F. Packard (1880)
"The Arab sits in his cubbyhole smoking his pipe. His cubbyhole is about six feet
square and two feet from the ground. He sits with his legs crossed, ..."
3. Around the World with General Grant: A Narrative of the Visit of General U.S by John Russell Young (1879)
"The Arab merchant sits in his cubbyhole smoking his pipe. His cubbyhole is about
six feet square and two feet from the ground. He sits with his legs crossed ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"At that period, and for some time to come, we had no laboratory facilities and
scarcely any place we could call our own. A little cubbyhole was apportioned ..."
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