lurking-places

A bell at twelve calls the passengers to lunch from their various lurking-places, and, though dinner shortly succeeds this meal, few disobey the summons.

The Englishwoman in America 2007

When found by the hounds, and the chase has begun, the hare will at times cross streams, bend and double and creep for shelter into clefts and crannied lurking-places; 154 since they have not only the hounds to dread, but eagles also; and, so long as they are yearlings, are apt to be carried off in the clutches of these birds, in the act of crossing some slope or bare hillside.

On Hunting 2007

He glanced about us, standing astride over the mess of dead rabbit, his eyes roving among the shadows and screens of greenery, the lurking-places and ambuscades of the forest that bounded us in.

The Island of Doctor Moreau Herbert George 2006

London, in hopes of getting into service, where they can live luxuriously and wear fine clothes, without being obliged to work; for idleness is natural to man — Great numbers of these, being disappointed in their expectation, become thieves and sharpers; and London being an immense wilderness, in which there is neither watch nor ward of any signification, nor any order or police, affords them lurking-places as well as prey.

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker 2004

The evil deeds of such men would certainly, in the course of three years have betrayed their existence and lurking-places.

The Underground City 2003

You will tell us, will you not, even for his own sake, all you can about his habits and his lurking-places?

The Underground City 2003

For Jacob compares this people to serpents, who rise out of their lurking-places, by stealth, against the unwary whom they wish to injure.

Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996

Yet it is not to be supposed, that God takes a cruel pleasure in the trouble of his servants; but he thus tries all their affections, that he may not leave any lurking-places undiscovered in their hearts.

Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996

For what were these, but lurking-places for wild beasts and robbers?

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

His companion giving a signal, a group of fierce-looking fellows started from their lurking-places; and of course further resistance was out of the question.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 Various