cubby Meaning of "cubby"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a small secluded room

Synonym(s)

Usage(s):

  1. While Senators camped in cubby holes and went about their business, Congressmen called it a day and adjourned.
  2. He had left his cubby-hole office just off the White House foyer one afternoon, gone home, been suddenly stricken with a heart attack.
  3. Its pretty head dragged stupidly as he picked his way to a cubby hole and hid it.

Quotes

  1. "I see Cubby Culbertson in the back of the room. I would consider him a spiritual giant," Sanford said, breaking tearfully. "And an incredibly dear friend, and he has been helping us work through this."
    on Jun 24, 2009 By: Mark Sanford Source: USA Today

  2. He and a roommate, Mark Zuckerberg - now the chief executive of Facebook - shared a room that was "just about as small as my cubby at work is these days," Hughes said.
    on Jul 6, 2008 By: Mr Hughes Source: International Herald Tribune

  3. "It's going to take some additional, considerable period of time in order to look in all the cubby holes and the ammo dumps and all the places in Iraq where you might expect to find something like that," Mr Cheney said in an interview with...
    on Jan 22, 2004 By: Vice President Dick Cheney Source: guardian.co.uk

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