Definitions
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
closet ; confined and claustrophobic.
Etymologies
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Examples
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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
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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
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Derrick and Mr. Popper stood behind her in the stifling and closetlike PA booth.
High School Confidential Jeremy Iversen 2006
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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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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