Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A space or opening for the knees, as under a desk.
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- noun A space for the
knees (and lower legs), especially under adesk
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Examples
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The little crawlers live in the kneehole of my desk.
Submission 2010
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And when my eyes have been closed for five minutes he walks quietly away, back to the kneehole in the desk.
The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010
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I go to the kneehole and stroke his neck in sorrow.
The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010
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The kneehole is occupied, so the dog curls in the corner.
The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010
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It had a special kneehole panel in the bottom front that became known to the nation because of a famous photo of John-John crawling through it while his father worked.
Heart of a Patriot Max Cleland 2009
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Uncle Henry had made it nearly thirty years before for his first adopted niece, little Martha Cameron, who thought of the kneehole as her hat shop.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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And in the kneehole hung a sign, hand-lettered in red ink on white paper, which read Mme.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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Uncle Henry had made it nearly thirty years before for his first adopted niece, little Martha Cameron, who thought of the kneehole as her hat shop.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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And in the kneehole hung a sign, hand-lettered in red ink on white paper, which read Mme.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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In a kneehole desk, they discovered a journal, which revealed that MacDuffie knew about the antique.
Santa Cruise Mary Higgins Clark 2006
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