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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 cove 1 ) + -y 2
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cub·by   (kŭb'ē)   
n.   pl. cub·bies
A small room; a cubbyhole.

[Short for cubbyhole.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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