plural cubbies
US
: a small, snug place (as for hiding or storage) : cubbyhole
Each boy on coming in gives his name, pays six cents, gets a key, and puts away his hat, books, and jacket (if he has 'em) in his own cubby for the night.—
Madeleine B. Stern
Madeleine B. SternThe room was little more than a cubby choked with wires, splitters, routers, and electronic boxes. You would have said there was no room for a man.—Stephen King
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The free-standing coat rack and bench has four hooks for bags, jackets, and umbrellas, as well as a large open cubby at the top and six split-level cubbies at the base.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025
There's even a portable toilet hidden inside a side cubby.
—New Atlas, 28 Oct. 2025
Interior-design firms are touting their ability to build restaurants around delivery, with bike parking, clear signage, dedicated entrances, wallfuls of cubbies to shove bags into—essentially trying to cram two experiences into a building that used to house one.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
Compared to Valentine’s Day cards, were the cubby-hole box name tags just a cleaner, more streamlined way for Alex to get personal objects to Gladys?
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
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Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025
There's even a portable toilet hidden inside a side cubby.
—New Atlas, 28 Oct. 2025
Interior-design firms are touting their ability to build restaurants around delivery, with bike parking, clear signage, dedicated entrances, wallfuls of cubbies to shove bags into—essentially trying to cram two experiences into a building that used to house one.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
Compared to Valentine’s Day cards, were the cubby-hole box name tags just a cleaner, more streamlined way for Alex to get personal objects to Gladys?
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Cubby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cubby. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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