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Definition of "nook and cranny" []

  • A place or part of a place, especially small or remote. (noun)

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Use "nook and cranny" in a sentence
  • "It was very nearly dawn before the last of the yellowing hurricane lanterns which had been bobbing over the saltings and in every nook and cranny of Mystery Mile all night took the path across the park and came to a stop outside the big kitchen door at the back of the hall."
  • "Its every nook and cranny apparently lay filled with physic and restorative to bind up rents from the outside."
  • "She had emptied two trunks and filled every nook and cranny of the walnut tallboy in the corner when she became aware of a most curious sensation."
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