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nook and cranny

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Noun1.nook and cranny - something remote; "he explored every nook and cranny of science"
detail, item, point - an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"


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We searched every nook and cranny of barns and out-buildings and woods on both the King farms; we inquired far and wide; we roved over Carlisle meadows calling Paddy's name, until Aunt Janet grew exasperated and declared we must stop making such exhibitions of ourselves.
It was lined with hardtack; the mattress was stuffed with hardtack; every nook and cranny was filled with hardtack.
Every nook and cranny of her brain was filled with the thought that this man, with whom she had lived without distaste for seven years, had taken the "poor boy" away from her in order to kill him - the man to whom she had grown accustomed in body and mind; the man whom she had trusted, took the boy away to kill him
 
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