hiding-place

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hiding-place (plural hiding-places)

  1. Alternative form of hiding place
    • 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter VIII, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. [], volume II, London: [] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 124:
      I awoke exhausted; and, finding that it was already night, I crept forth from my hiding-place, and went in search of food.