Both Uses of
niche
in
Hard Times
- Sleary himself, a stout modern statue with a money-box at its elbow, in an ecclesiastical niche of early Gothic architecture, took the money.†
Chpt 1.3 *
- The flag with the inscription SLEARY'S HORSERIDING was there; and the Gothic niche was there; but Mr. Sleary was not there.†
Chpt 3.7
Definition:
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(niche) a smaller market within a larger market -- such as the market for scissors designed for people who are left-handed
or:
a role for which someone is especially well-suited
or:
a shallow recess, cranny or crevice