cubby

UK: /ˈkʌbɪ/ US: (kub′ē)

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cub•by  (kub′ē), n., pl. -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.

• dialect, dialectal cub stall, shed (akin to cove¹) + -y² 1835–45

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cubby / ˈkʌbɪ/ noun ( -bies)

1. a small room or enclosed area, esp one used as a child's play area