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cub·by

   [kuhb-ee]
noun, plural -bies.
1.
a cubbyhole.
2.
any of a group of small boxlike enclosures or compartments, open at the front, in which children can keep their belongings, as at a nursery school.
Origin:
1835–45; dial. cub stall, shed (akin to cove1) + -y2
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cubby1 (ˈkʌbɪ)
 
—n , pl -bies
(Austral) a small room or enclosed area, esp one used as a child's play area

cubby2 (ˈkʌbɪ)
 
—adj
dialect (Midland English) short and plump; squat

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cubby
1868, short for cubbyhole,
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