[‘ A snug nook; a sheltered or cosy location.']
Pronunciation: Brit. /ˈnʊk(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈnʊkəri/
Etymology: < nook n. + -ery suffix, perhaps after rookery n.
/rare/.
A snug nook; a sheltered or cosy location.
1824 L. M. Hawkins /Mem./ I. 269 In this nookery were to be found..such men as the Rev. Mr. Cracherode, Mr. Southwell [etc.].
1868 /Putnam’s Mag./ Feb. 184/1 One day, upon entering my nookery, I found Andrea poring over a trayful of goods and trumpery which he had just purchased.
1914 H. G. Aldis in /Cambr. Hist. Eng. Lit./ XI. xiv. 333 The habitués of this nookery [/sc./ an L-shaped bookshop] included Thomas Tyrwhitt.
2000 /Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California)/ (Nexis) 15 Feb., The city has built rock nookeries near the public fishing beaches for the small fish to hide.