cubby
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cubby/ˈkʌbi/
▶noun (pl. cubbies) chiefly N. Amer. a cubbyhole.
– origin C17 (orig. Scots, denoting a straw basket): rel. to dial. cub ‘stall, pen, hutch’, of Low Ger. origin.
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