Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A place of concealment.
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Examples
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I awoke exhausted; and, finding that it was already night, I crept forth from my hiding-place, and went in search of food.
Chapter 16 2010
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I rushed from my hiding-place, and, with extreme labour from the force of the current, saved her, and dragged her to shore.
Chapter 16 2010
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A more surprised party of rescuers could not be imagined, had they ventured down into our hiding-place.
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When she became suspect, and before Doc Strowbridge could get hold of her, her brother spirited her away to some hiding-place.
The Sheriff of Kona 2010
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They say the bones of Kahekili were taken from their hiding-place and lie to-day in the Royal
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I had not confessed to the hiding-place of the dynamite, I should be given another ten days in the jacket.
Chapter 14 2010
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It was the poor hunted wretch that had dragged himself past my hiding-place.
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First he tried to locate the hiding-place of the bait of his hair.
SHIN-BONES 2010
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But she made me swear, first, never to reveal the hiding-place; and I never have.
Chapter 26 2010
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He had evidently delayed reporting, preferring to wait until he had brought things to a successful conclusion by discovering my hiding-place and capturing me.
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