nookery

[ nook-uh-ree ]

noun

, plural nook·er·ies.

1. a snug, secure, or cozy nook.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nookery¹

First recorded in 1815–25; nook + -ery

Example Sentences

A bracket on the wall looked as though it might have been intended for a piece of statuary, or a bit of 291 porcelain or china decoration, but had really been set there for his ink-pot, when he was mindful to work in bed, although how the Muse could be induced to set foot in that old nookery of a room could only be explained through the whims and crotchets of that odd young person’s character.

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Accordingly he bought a little estate near Tarrytown on the Hudson River, and had the cottage on this land made over into “a little nookery somewhat in the Dutch style, quaint, but unpretending.”

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Meanwhile Mistress Katherine sat before the fire in the tower nookery while Janet unpacked the luggage.

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I 'minded thee at the time thou wouldst grieve for thy hot words, and 'tis a balm I send thee for thy grieved heart; 'tis my baby Kate'—Baby, baby of course I thought her so and sent her to a nurse's nookery at the top of the towers to silence the wench's squawkings, and gave Stephen the care of the freshest young heifer, that the youngster might not lack for proper food, 'now under her nurse's care in the Ursuline Convent at Quebec.

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