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  • noun A person who has the condition of claustrophilia, a love of closed-in spaces.

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Examples

  • Jay Shafer, an architect and certified "claustrophile", has been building tiny houses for years now (in fact, he's now been on Oprah, so I won't talk about him too much).

    Archive 2007-07-01 Heather McDougal 2007

  • Jay Shafer, an architect and certified "claustrophile", has been building tiny houses for years now (in fact, he's now been on Oprah, so I won't talk about him too much).

    Snug as a Bug in a Beautiful Box Heather McDougal 2007

  • When forced to leave a building (` ` I'm no agoraphobe, I'm a claustrophile '' - to cite Isaac Asimov), I am mostly traveling by feet, bike (with or without motor) and public transport.

    Netvouz - new bookmarks bobby35 2008

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