variants or hidy-hole
as in hideout
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others commandos captured the deposed dictator in a carefully camouflaged cellar that he had been using as a hidey-hole

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Recent Examples of hidey-hole Aping the fastidious wartime geolocation of videos shot by Islamic State forces, Russian military units, and other murderous pariahs, the intrepid Bellingcat detective further pin-points Ammon’s hidey-hole with the aid of mountaineering-app PeakVisor, Google Earth, and Google Street View. Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024 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

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“Hidey-hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hidey-hole. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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