any nook or cranny
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any nook or cranny (plural any nooks or crannies)
- (idiomatic) Any part of a place; anywhere.
- This book could be in any nook or cranny of the house.
- 1893, David George Ritchie, Andrew Seth, “Darwin and Hegel” (chapter II), in Darwin and Hegel: With Other Philosophical Studies, page 72, footnote 1; quoting Hegelianism and Personality, 2nd edition, (Please provide a date or year), page 213, footnote:
- An absolute system cannot afford to leave any nook or cranny of existence unexplored.