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cran⋅ny

[kran-ee]
–noun, plural -nies.
1. a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure: They searched every nook and cranny for the missing ring.
2. a small out-of-the-way place or obscure corner; nook.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME crany, perh. < MF crené, ptp. of crener to notch, groove; see crenel
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cran·ny   (krān'ē)   
n.   pl. cran·nies
A small opening, as in a wall or rock face; a crevice.

[Middle English crani, perhaps alteration of Old French cren, cran, notch, from *crener, to notch.]
cran'nied adj.
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cranny

see nook and cranny.

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