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)
- 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
Questions about cubbyholed
- What is cubbyholed the simple past and past participle of?
- Cubbyholed is the simple past and past participle of cubbyhole.
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