单词 | cubby |
释义 | cubbyn. local. 1. = cubby-hole n., cubby-house n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > [noun] > set apart or out of the way anglea1325 nooka1425 retreatc1500 odd corner1576 recess1611 off-corner1793 cubby1868 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room generally > [noun] > small room parrockOE cellc1300 cabin1362 parclosea1470 camerelle?c1475 crib1600 narrow cell1636 pigeonhole1703 closet1728 box1773 cuddy1793 cubby-hole1842 roomlet1855 cubby1868 cubby-house1880 cwtch1890 cellule1894 1868 Congress. Globe 2 June 2762/3 [Many of the national banks] keep a little cubby of an office, loan no money,..and yet draw interest on their circulation. 1887 Harper's Bazar 1 Oct. 675 The odds and ends relegated to this cubby [the lumber closet]. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Cubby, Cubby-hole, an out-of-the-way snuggery, such as children are fond of creeping into: a hiding-place. 2. In Orkney and Shetland: A straw basket. ΚΠ 1876 D. Gorrie Summers & Winters in Orkneys i. 13 Pock~ponies went ambling along under the equal-poised weight of pendent cubbies. 1887 D. Donaldson Jamieson's Sc. Dict. Suppl. Cubbie, a small cassie or basket, often made of heather. Compounds ˈcubby-hole n. (a) a nursery or children's name for a snug, cosy place; a little house built by children in play; (b) a very small and confined room or closet. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room generally > [noun] > small room parrockOE cellc1300 cabin1362 parclosea1470 camerelle?c1475 crib1600 narrow cell1636 pigeonhole1703 closet1728 box1773 cuddy1793 cubby-hole1842 roomlet1855 cubby1868 cubby-house1880 cwtch1890 cellule1894 1842 J. Y. Akerman Gloss. Provinc. Words Wilts. Cubby-hole, a snug place. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxvii. 226 One little fellow..scampered back again..to his cubby-hole on the deck. 1884 Cent. Mag. 29 45/1 Cubby holes, dark cellars, uninspected closets. ˈcubby-house n. = cubby-hole n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room generally > [noun] > small room parrockOE cellc1300 cabin1362 parclosea1470 camerelle?c1475 crib1600 narrow cell1636 pigeonhole1703 closet1728 box1773 cuddy1793 cubby-hole1842 roomlet1855 cubby1868 cubby-house1880 cwtch1890 cellule1894 1880 M. Allan-Olney New Virginians II. 122 There was a kind of cubby-house in the hay-shed, where the hay had been cut out. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Cubby-house and Cubby-hutch, a hutch or coop for rabbits or other small animals. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1842 |
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