They are not the same. JTRiff has given you a correct definition of the verb pigeonhole, but I believe you are seeking the definition of the nouns. Have you tried looking them up? I suggest OneLook Dictionary Search.Are locker, cubby hole and pigeon hole the same? Are they interchangeable?
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They are not the same. JTRiff has given you a correct definition of the verb pigeonhole, but I believe you are seeking the definition of the nouns. Have you tried looking them up? I suggest OneLook Dictionary Search.
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Cubby hole you'll have to look up for an exact meaning, but pigeon hole is a different story. To 'pigeonhole' something is to categorize it - not put it in a hole where a pigeon lives! ) ...
Whatsoever-not is not a word. Replace the hyphen with a comma and read the sentence above as "........no place in your life whatsoever, not even in a cubby-hole." (Not even in the tiniest compartment of your life.)I found the definition of cubby hole in OneLook which came with examples which I found difficult to understand. Could you explain the following phrases in red?
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1. The doors of our "socialist cubby-hole" are open to anyone, including Obama. Presumably, some socialist organization with very small headquarters is inviting anyone who wishes, to visit.
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2. In the first year of my marriage I discovered a dusty cubby-hole off Belfast's High Street – Atlantic Records.
(what was the point particularly talking about 'first year of my marriage'?) Only in terms of pinpointing the time of his life when he happened to discover this place, which could be anything; a bar, a bookshop or even a barber shop.
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3. The problem is when, after much denial and forbearance and perseverance, you come to accept the unfortunate fact that the one person you trusted above all others is actually an irredeemable piece of shit This is a very vulgar, but vivid, expression that is used to describe somebody or something so egregiously bad, worthless or inferior that they (or it) are beyond saving that deserves no place in your life whatsoever-not even in a cubby-hole.
(I want to learn more about the usuage whatsoever and whatsoever-not)
_Whatsoever, in this context, means no matter what.
4. Does a locker necessarily has to be fixed with a door or a cover?
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