cubbyhole, noun

Origin:
EnglishShow more English, a small room, a cosy space.
The glove-compartment of a motor vehicle. Also shortened form cubby, and attributive.
1970 J. McIntosh StonefishHe remembered the handbag; and he hurried back to the car,..and got it out of the cubbyhole.
1986 J. Armstrong in Eng. Alive 30They stopped the car...One of them took a small black book out of the cubbyhole.
1989 M.M. Hacksley tr. of E. Van Heerden’s Ancestral Voices 50The magistrate stuck his hand through the open window of the car to take..his..cigars from the cubby-hole.
1991 C. Nixon in E. Prov. Herald 5 Mar. 1When she took the wallet from the car’s cubby to pay the man, he snatched it from her hands and fled.
1991 Leisure Bks Catal. Apr.–June 11A Guide to Exploring the Western Cape, Here is a value-for-money guide in a cubby-hole format that will provide you with comprehensive information on this..region.
1991 J. Warden in Sunday Times 28 July (Motoring) 3Being a 1300 it is..not too fast.., otherwise I would probably have a bunch of speeding fines in my cubbyhole.
The glove-compartment of a motor vehicle. Also shortened form cubby, and attributive.
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