tucked away

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tucked away

hidden or difficult to find. Van's house is tucked away at the end of the road.

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It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away, and I had come out for my stroll. Turn Of The Screw by James, Henry View in context I was a terrible dreamer, I would dream for three months on end, tucked away in my corner, and you may believe me that at those moments I had no resemblance to the gentleman who, in the perturbation of his chicken heart, put a collar of German beaver on his great-coat. Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context "Why, it's a fairyland," explained Dorothy, "and lots of queer people live in places so tucked away that those in the Emerald City never even hear of The Patchwork Girl of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context More results

References in classic literature

It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away, and I had come out for my stroll.

Turn Of The Screw by James, Henry View in context

I was a terrible dreamer, I would dream for three months on end, tucked away in my corner, and you may believe me that at those moments I had no resemblance to the gentleman who, in the perturbation of his chicken heart, put a collar of German beaver on his great-coat.

Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

"Why, it's a fairyland," explained Dorothy, "and lots of queer people live in places so tucked away that those in the Emerald City never even hear of

The Patchwork Girl of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context

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