- a very small hole or opening, especially in a wallWord Originlate Middle English: from Old French crane ‘notched’, from cran, from popular Latin crena ‘notch’.
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See cranny in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryevery nook and cranny
(also Indian English every nook and corner)
- (informal) every part of a place; every aspect of a situation
- The wind blew into every nook and cranny.
- She always explored every nook and cranny of a business deal.
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