cubbyhole
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noun
A small, snug room which may be used as a place of privacy and safety by children
A small compartment; a pigeonhole
A glove compartment
verb
To restrict, limit or narrowly define; to pigeonhole.
Rivera: The world has changed. It is no longer cubbyholed. I do not think — Friendly: What do you mean cubbyholed? Rivera: I do not think the definition of journalist is as narrowly construed these days as perhaps it was once.
A true Renaissance man, Walcott has consistently resisted being cubbyholed. He has rejected neither his Caribbean heritage nor his British education.
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4Rivera: The world has changed. It is no longer cubbyholed. I do not think — Friendly: What do you mean cubbyholed? Rivera: I do not think the definition of journalist is as narrowly construed these da
WiktionaryA true Renaissance man, Walcott has consistently resisted being cubbyholed. He has rejected neither his Caribbean heritage nor his British education.
WiktionaryThe Americans wanted to have enclosed offices, or at the very least, shoulder-high partitions cubbyholing individual desks.
Wiktionary"Have you got an extension lead?" "Yeah, in the cubbyhole, but I need it for hoovering."
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