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The term "cubicle" has been employed by various authors to evoke both physical confinement and subtle layers of meaning within a space. In Rudyard Kipling's work, for instance, the cubicle is intriguingly juxtaposed with a sculpture-lined gallery, hinting at a merging of creative and mundane environments [1]. Jesse F. Bone presents it as a sharply defined, almost probing space when Kennon gazes into it [2]. Katherine Mansfield uses the word in dual moods—first, to accentuate an atmosphere of detachment in a cold, glittering enclosure [3], and later, to introduce a sensuous, inviting refuge marked by warm, scented air hidden behind a velvet curtain [4]. Meanwhile, James Joyce adopts an understated utilitarian approach by simply labeling it, as in "cubicle number," thereby stripping it of sentimental texture and focusing on its function [5].
  1. The office was but a little wooden cubicle partitioned off from the sculpture-lined gallery.
    — from Kim by Rudyard Kipling
  2. Kennon looked into the cubicle.
    — from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone
  3. It was cold in the little cubicle, all cold and glittering.
    — from Bliss, and other stories by Katherine Mansfield
  4. She sniffed greedily the warm, scented air, and passed behind the velvet curtain into the small cubicle.
    — from Bliss, and other stories by Katherine Mansfield
  5. Cubicle number
    — from Ulysses by James Joyce

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