Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a closet; confined and claustrophobic.

Etymologies

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closet +‎ -like

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Examples

  • That night Claudette had taken me on a tour of the two famous Meatpacking gay jerk-off clubs, where men would have sex in closetlike rooms.

    The Double Life is Twice as Good Jonathan Ames 2009

  • That night Claudette had taken me on a tour of the two famous Meatpacking gay jerk-off clubs, where men would have sex in closetlike rooms.

    The Double Life is Twice as Good Jonathan Ames 2009

  • Derrick and Mr. Popper stood behind her in the stifling and closetlike PA booth.

    High School Confidential Jeremy Iversen 2006

  • Emery had told her the room was practically bare, how his razor and comb balanced on the narrow, chipped sink edge in the closetlike bathroom—what fifty-five-year-old man would choose this over a feather bed and a woman who had aged well and loved him?

    Bulletproof Girl Quinn Dalton 2005

  • Emery had told her the room was practically bare, how his razor and comb balanced on the narrow, chipped sink edge in the closetlike bathroom—what fifty-five-year-old man would choose this over a feather bed and a woman who had aged well and loved him?

    Bulletproof Girl Quinn Dalton 2005

  • Emery had told her the room was practically bare, how his razor and comb balanced on the narrow, chipped sink edge in the closetlike bathroom—what fifty-five-year-old man would choose this over a feather bed and a woman who had aged well and loved him?

    Bulletproof Girl Quinn Dalton 2005

  • Three Italians, one she suspected might be the equivalent of a state prosecutor, the other two Carabiniere, pressed into the closetlike space with them.

    Hot Pursuit Jensen, Kathryn, 1949- 2005

  • He retrieved the flashlight with a minimum of fumbling; its pathetic glow revealed a closetlike space centered around a simple black-iron ladder stretching up into shadow.

    The Deed Keith Blanchard 2003

  • He retrieved the flashlight with a minimum of fumbling; its pathetic glow revealed a closetlike space centered around a simple black-iron ladder stretching up into shadow.

    The Deed Keith Blanchard 2003

  • He retrieved the flashlight with a minimum of fumbling; its pathetic glow revealed a closetlike space centered around a simple black-iron ladder stretching up into shadow.

    The Deed Keith Blanchard 2003

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