cuddlery

plural cuddleries

1. informalrareuncountableCuddling.

   She enjoys amateur cookery, cat cuddlery, and other forms of heart-warmery.

   2013, Gennady Stolyarov II, Death is Wrong, →ISBN, page 39

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   Nahh, think I'll go with cutlery, or in Strine (Australian) ... cuddlery! *attackcuddles*

   1999 December 30, Catherine, “EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY!!”, in alt.cuddle (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Apr 2026

   Oh Pooh! I tried the link and it said NO! I will try again. I do wonder what Chika looks like. Maybe you can have a pic on the Cuddlery Gallery. Oh Sir Jon!

   2003 February 22, Nitedulac, “I've been converted ;)))”, in alt.cuddle (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Apr 2026

2. countableinformalrareA business establishment that sells cuddles.

   However, a December Associated Press report noted that no-sex cuddleries thrive in Rochester, N.Y. ("The Snuggery"), Boulder, Colo.

   2014, Chuck Shepherd, News of the Weird

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   Cuddle a koala / The “koala cuddlery” is real hard on jaded parents. From the moment you step off the bus at the Australian Wildlife Park and a handler greets you with a koala to pet, the “aahs” begin. […] But the ultimate in cuteness is having your picture taken with a koala for $4.50. The lines are long, but the little guy is so darn cuddly.

   1995 October 1, Lisa Thatcher Kresl, “G’days, full days with a quick 48 hours in Sydney […]”, in The Sunday Journal, 115th year, number 274, Albuquerque, N.M.: Journal Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13, column 6

   There is a professional cuddling centre in Portland, Oregon, one in Austin, Texas, and one “cuddlery” in Vancouver, Canada (same thing, different name).

   2020, Marta Zaraska, “The Gnawing Parasite of Loneliness […]”, in Growing Young: How Friendship, Optimism and Kindness Can Help You Live to 100, London: Robinson, →ISBN