cubbyn.
/ˈkʌbi/, U.S. /ˈkəbi/ local.
1. = cubby-hole n., cubby-house n. at Compounds.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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