cubby

cubby
/kub"ee/, n., pl. cubbies.
1. a cubbyhole.
2. any of a group of small boxlike enclosures or compartments, open at the front, in which children can keep their belongings, as at a nursery school.
[1835-45; dial. cub stall, shed (akin to COVE1) + -Y2]

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