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nook and cranny

Every possible place or part of something, down to the smallest ones. You need to clean every nook and cranny of this room before your grandmother gets hereit has to be spotless for her! I looked in every nook and cranny of the attic and couldn't find that box anywhere.See also: and, cranny, nook

nooks and crannies

COMMON If you talk about the nooks and crannies of a place or object, you mean the smaller parts which are not normally noticed or are hard to reach. In the weeks before Christmas, we would search all the nooks and crannies of the house, trying to find our presents. This historic county town is packed with interesting nooks and crannies to explore. Note: You can also talk about every nook and cranny, meaning all the parts of a place or object. He seemed to know every nook and cranny of Venice. Note: A nook is a corner or recess in a wall, and a cranny is a narrow opening or gap. See also: and, cranny, nook

nook and cranny, every

Every place, all over. This expression combines nook, which has meant an out-of-the-way corner since the fourteenth century, and cranny, meaning a crack or crevice since the fifteenth century. Frederick Marryat used it in Japhet in Search of a Father (1836): After examining every nook and cranny they could think of.See also: and, every, nook
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  • nooks and crannies
  • every nook and cranny
  • every (old) nook and cranny
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  • every which where
  • cover all bases
  • cover all the/your bases
  • every inch a/the leader, star, hero, etc.
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Every nook and cranny

If you search every nook and cranny, you look everywhere for something.

nook and cranny

Idiom(s): nook and cranny

Theme: HIDING

small, out-of-the-way places or places where something can be hidden. (Usually with every. Fixed order.)
We looked for the tickets in every nook and cranny. They were lost. There was no doubt.
The decorator had placed flowers in every nook and cranny.

nook and cranny, every

nook and cranny, every
Everywhere, as in I've searched for it in every nook and cranny, and I still can't find it. This metaphoric idiom pairs nook, which has meant an out-of-the-way corner since the mid-1300s, with cranny, which has meant a crack or crevice since about 1440. Neither noun is heard much other than in this idiom.