Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A secluded or isolated place; a hideaway.

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  • noun An isolated or secluded place; a hideaway or hideout

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Examples

  • For well over a year, unknown to his family, he occupies that hidey-hole and wanders the suburban neighborhood foraging food.

    Strained Separations Sam Sacks 2011

  • But the problem for the fearful is that that much-vaunted investment hidey-hole, the so-called safe-haven asset, is getting harder and harder to find.

    As Correlations Rise, There's Nowhere to Hide David Cottle 2011

  • So maybe Our Goals are languishing quietly in the same dank hidey-hole wherein we have abandoned our Conscience, our Faith in Humanity, and our Work Ethic, but we're sure they will all get along JUST FINE TOGETHER.

    Today's Nanowrimo Inspirational Diatribe; Or, Don't Say We Never Did Anything For You 2009

  • Fast forward to the mid-2000s, and apartments were going condo, booting out renters, bringing in the stainless, and turning otherwise hidey-hole rentals into shiny hidey-hole condos, many of which are now rentals again.

    Faulty Towers: Defective McGuire Apartments Evicts Renters « PubliCola 2010

  • So maybe Our Goals are languishing quietly in the same dank hidey-hole wherein we have abandoned our Conscience, our Faith in Humanity, and our Work Ethic, but we're sure they will all get along JUST FINE TOGETHER.

    Archive 2009-11-01 2009

  • The true troll has no such fantasy position, no high-rise hidey-hole of mock objectivity to snipe from; the troll is a grunt on the ground, running this way and that, chucking whatever wank grenade happens to be handy, through whatever doorway happens to be ajar.

    Critique From HereNow Hal Duncan 2009

  • Because that's the flip side, Jack Christ, that's the hidey-hole where he keeps his secrets, and I have the key, because he gave me the key when he.

    The Hill of Crosses James Greer 2011

  • Because that's the flip side, Jack Christ, that's the hidey-hole where he keeps his secrets, and I have the key, because he gave me the key when he.

    The Hill of Crosses James Greer 2010

  • The true troll has no such fantasy position, no high-rise hidey-hole of mock objectivity to snipe from; the troll is a grunt on the ground, running this way and that, chucking whatever wank grenade happens to be handy, through whatever doorway happens to be ajar.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Hal Duncan 2009

  • Master Merlow visited the girl, ostensibly to inquire after her wellbeing, but she did not fail to notice the way his eyes darted around the drawing room as if he were trying to locate some secret sign of a hidey-hole.

    One Year’s Worth of Woe « A Fly in Amber 2009

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