any nook or cranny

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• any old nook or cranny

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any nook or cranny (plural any nooks or crannies)

1. (idiomatic) Any part of a place; anywhere.

   This book could be in any nook or cranny of the house.

   • 1893, David George Ritchie, Andrew Seth, “Darwin and Hegel” (chapter II), in Darwin and Hegel: With Other Philosophical Studies, page 72, footnote 1; quoting Hegelianism and Personality, 2nd edition, (Please provide a date or year), page 213, footnote:

     An absolute system cannot afford to leave any nook or cranny of existence unexplored.

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