carrel

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To the person sitting on the other side of the study carrel: I WILL NOT PLAY FOOTSIE WITH YOU.

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  1. noun A partially partitioned nook in or near the stacks in a library, used for private study.

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  • Downstairs in Bass, Nobuhito Iguchi '10 studied for English 114 in a private study carrel. —  Yale Daily News: Latest Issue
  • As I settled into a carrel a few floors above the café, ready to study for an important midterm of my own, I couldn't help but overhear Carmichaels 'raucous roommate, Ken G. Singer —  The Harvard Crimson :: News
  • Many people find it helpful to study in an isolated area, like a carrel. —  The Daily Princetonian, 2009-06-03
  • To the person sitting on the other side of the study carrel: I WILL NOT PLAY FOOTSIE WITH YOU. —  Daily Tar Heel RSS
  • Here is the techno remix i made of the Theme song to the hit TV series "The Office" starring Steve carrel. —  Fulldls.com
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  1. Middle English carole, round dance ring, circle, stall for study; see carol.

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  1. from Old French carrel, also quarrel (later Middle English quarel, English quarrel), later carreau, quarreau, French carreau = Provencal cairel = Old Catalan quadrel = Spanish quadrillo = Italian quadrello, from Middle Latin quadrellus, a square tile, a dart: sec quarrel. Cf. carlet.
 

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