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Definition of Nook and cranny
1. Noun. Something remote. "He explored every nook and cranny of science"
Definition of Nook and cranny
1. Noun. (idiomatic) A place or part of a place, especially small or remote. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nook And Cranny
Literary usage of Nook and cranny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"... During the fall months they enter city gardens and orchards, climb over the
roofs and along the gutters of houses, peering into every nook and cranny. ..."
2. The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians: The Muhammadan Period by John Dowson, Henry Miers Elliot (1871)
"He, in obedience to my order, instituted a rigorous search through every nook
and cranny of the island, and numbers of the enemy and Indians, who had taken ..."
3. Outing (1893)
"With eager enthusiasm we searched every nook and cranny of the huge cave for
other possible deposits of golden ornaments, peering carefully into every ..."
4. Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c. by Samuel Carter Hall (1841)
"As in all the ancient churches, human bones are piled in every nook and cranny,
thrust into corners, or gathered in heaps directly at the entrance — a sight ..."
5. Sketches of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of Secession: With a Narrative by William Gannaway Brownlow (1862)
"... researches,—researches pushed and sustained until they have thoroughly explored
every nook and cranny of the vast province under investigation. ..."
6. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1905)
"... and not reaching the age of three-score, the total sum of his writings, after
every nook and cranny has been searched that could yield anything buried ..."
7. Transactions by Ohio State Dental Society, American Ethnological Society, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (1856)
"This done, he naturally stood for a few minutes contemplating the sublime scene
before him. The g-lare of the lanterns rendered nearly every nook and cranny ..."
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