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cubbyholed

cubbyholed is the simple past and past participle of cubbyhole.

Meaning of cubbyhole

Verb

cubbyhole (third-person singular simple present cubbyholes, present participle cubbyholing, simple past and past participle cubbyholed)

  1. To restrict, limit or narrowly define; to pigeonhole.
    • Rivera: The world has changed. It is no longer cubbyholed. I do not think — Friendly: What do you mean cubbyholed? Rivera: I do not think the definition of journalist is as narrowly construed these days as perhaps it was once.1989, ASNE: Proceedings of the 1989 Convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, page 13

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Questions about cubbyholed

What is cubbyholed the simple past and past participle of?
Cubbyholed is the simple past and past participle of cubbyhole.

Words near cubbyholed in the dictionary

  1. cubby hole
  2. cubby holes
  3. cubby house
  4. cubby houses
  5. cubbyhole
  6. cubbyholed
  7. cubbyholes
  8. cubbyholing
  9. cubbyhouse
  10. cubbyhouses
  11. cubcam

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