cubicle

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If you consider present-day corporate magnates like Donald Trump as your idol, your cubicle will be your only legacy. v. Do you watch Bloomberg?

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  1. noun A small compartment, as for work or study.
  2. noun A small sleeping compartment, especially within a dormitory.

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  • But most of the rooms were rented by the hour to professionals of another sort who didn't mind that the only furniture in the cubicle was a bed and nightstand—no phone, no TV, no air conditioner— and that the communal bathrooms were down the hall, shared by the usual assortment of hustlers, hookers, pimps, and junkies. —  Death Dance - Fairstein
  • If you consider present-day corporate magnates like Donald Trump as your idol, your cubicle will be your only legacy. v. Do you watch Bloomberg? —  One Fused Life
  • Is this going to lead to more of what you call the cubicle warriors or the armchair warriors? —  CNET News.com
  • The job gives them more control and flexibility than sitting in a cubicle, and "it's easy, it's fun and all of us girls ... look out for each other," Brown said. —  WTOP / Business / Biz Stories
  • I don't need to escape from a cubicle, and nevertheless I found it hugely helpful. —  The Happiness Project
 

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  1. Middle English, from Latin cubiculum, bed chamber, from cubāre, to lie down.

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  1. Also cubicule; from Latin cubiculum, a bedroom, from cubare, lie down.
 

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