cubbyhole

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Previosly voted Wales' favourite word, Cwtch means hug or cuddle - however it's second meaning is a cubbyhole or cupboard; a small space in which to store things safely.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024

“I don’t begrudge anyone retiring,” longtime regular Daniel Eiben said Sept. 15, poking his head into Yoshimura’s cluttered cubbyhole of an office on the store’s penultimate day in business.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2023

In a cubbyhole beneath an attic sat a radio room complete with desks, where detainees tuned in nightly to the BBC.

From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2022

Even the former cubbyhole where the ATM was located will have a use, as the video equipment spot so the church videographer can record Sunday services to be streamed over the Internet.

From Washington Times • Dec. 31, 2018

He peered up at me for the first time since we’d walked into his cubbyhole office.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes