hidey-hole
noun
hid·ey-hole
ˈhī-dē-ˌhōl 
variants
or less commonly hidy-hole
informal
: an area or space used as a hiding place
Payday in Iraq means taking home a wodge of notes from your boss and shoving it under your bed or into some hidey-hole before finding time to visit your local bank to make a deposit.—
The Economist
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Examples of hidey-hole in a Sentence
commandos captured the deposed dictator in a carefully camouflaged cellar that he had been using as a hidey-hole
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Whereas wood and plastic boards are full of hidey-holes for nasties, titanium cutting boards leave no place for germs and odors to hide.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2024
And soon, nature lovers will have a new secret spot to peep them all: a gigantic sculpture that winds through the landscape and includes a hidey-hole specially for birdwatching.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
Reef-building corals—the engineers of myriad underwater structures—create maritime megalopolises dense with crevices and hidey-holes for fish and other sea creatures.
—Fanni Szakal, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
Its ultimate honeymoon hidey-hole, though, is Villa Rahasia, an off-grid retreat on a secret cove reached via a 90-minute trek from the resort, where couples only have the stars in the sky for company.
—Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2023
Thus, Superior cleverly crafts a hidey-hole inside the fuel-filler flap, in which is inserted a spare key.
—John Phillips, Car and Driver, 26 Aug. 2023
Walden Green, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2024
And soon, nature lovers will have a new secret spot to peep them all: a gigantic sculpture that winds through the landscape and includes a hidey-hole specially for birdwatching.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
Reef-building corals—the engineers of myriad underwater structures—create maritime megalopolises dense with crevices and hidey-holes for fish and other sea creatures.
—Fanni Szakal, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
Its ultimate honeymoon hidey-hole, though, is Villa Rahasia, an off-grid retreat on a secret cove reached via a 90-minute trek from the resort, where couples only have the stars in the sky for company.
—Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2023
Thus, Superior cleverly crafts a hidey-hole inside the fuel-filler flap, in which is inserted a spare key.
—John Phillips, Car and Driver, 26 Aug. 2023
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“Hidey-hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hidey-hole. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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