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cub·by

(kŭb′ē)

n. pl. cub·bies

A small room; a cubbyhole.

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cubby

(ˈkʌbɪ)

n, pl -bies

Austral a small room or enclosed area, esp one used as a child's play area

cubby

(ˈkʌbɪ)

adj

dialect Midland English short and plump; squat

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cub•by

(ˈkʌb i)

n., pl. -bies.

1. a cubbyhole.

2. a small, open, boxlike compartment or cupboard, as one used by children for storage.

[1835–45; dial. cub stall, shed (akin to cove¹) + -y²]

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Noun

cubby - a small secluded room

snug, snuggery, cubbyhole

room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"

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WELL, when they was all gone the king he asks Mary Jane how they was off for spare rooms, and she said she had one spare room, which would do for Uncle William, and she'd give her own room to Uncle Harvey, which was a little bigger, and she would turn into the room with her sisters and sleep on a cot; and up garret was a little cubby, with a pallet in it.

The duke's room was pretty small, but plenty good enough, and so was my cubby.

I groped along up to my cubby, and hid it there till I could get a chance to do better.

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Immured in a tiny between-decks cubby which was filled mostly with boxes and bales, tied as well by the rope around his neck, he waited from moment to moment for the door to open and admit, realised in the flesh, the resplendent vision of Steward which blazed through the totality of his consciousness.

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Not the spare room, of course -- old maids can't aspire to spare rooms, and I shall be as 'umble as Uriah Heep, and quite content with a little over-the-porch or off-the-parlor cubby hole."

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Then her eye went on to the tall cabinet, where a half-open door revealed a tempting array of the drawers, shelves and "cubby holes," which so delight the hearts of children.

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