hidey-hole

noun

hid·​ey-hole ˈhī-dē-ˌhōl How to pronounce hidey-hole (audio)
variants or less commonly hidy-hole
Synonyms of hidey-holenext
informal
: an area or space used as a hiding place
Payday in Iraq means taking home a wodge of notes from your boss and shoving it under your bed or into some hidey-hole before finding time to visit your local bank to make a deposit.— The Economist

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Examples of hidey-hole in a Sentence

commandos captured the deposed dictator in a carefully camouflaged cellar that he had been using as a hidey-hole
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Aping the fastidious wartime geolocation of videos shot by Islamic State forces, Russian military units, and other murderous pariahs, the intrepid Bellingcat detective further pin-points Ammon’s hidey-hole with the aid of mountaineering-app PeakVisor, Google Earth, and Google Street View. — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024 Whereas wood and plastic boards are full of hidey-holes for nasties, titanium cutting boards leave no place for germs and odors to hide. — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

alteration of earlier hiding-hole

First Known Use

1817, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hidey-hole was in 1817

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“Hidey-hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hidey-hole. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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