This week's theme: odd-looking words.

snuggery (SNUG-uh-ree) noun

   A snug, cozy place.

[From snug, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=snuggery

-Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org)

  "The day when the Winter Olympics could be held in lovely mountain
   snuggeries like St. Moritz and Cortina has long passed."
   John Powers; Expansion Put Games on a Grander Scale; Boston Globe;
   Feb 24, 1992.

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