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Definition
a smaller market within a larger market — such as the market for scissors designed for people who are left-handed
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a role for which someone is especially well-suited
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a shallow recess, cranny or crevice
or:
a role for which someone is especially well-suited
or:
a shallow recess, cranny or crevice
- Five corridors diverged like the rays of a star, and the walls, dug into niches, which were arranged one above the other in the shape of coffins, showed that they were at last in the catacombs.Chapters 37-38 (42% in)
- The Monte Pincio seemed a vast amphitheatre filled with spectators; the balconies of the two churches at the corner of the Via del Babuino and the Via di Ripetta were crammed; the steps even seemed a parti-colored sea, that was impelled towards the portico; every niche in the wall held its living statue.Chapters 35-36 (33% in)
- These arcades opened on one side into the corridor where the count and Franz were, and on the other into a large square chamber, entirely surrounded by niches similar to those of which we have spoken.Chapters 37-38 (44% in)
There are no more uses of "niche" in The Count of Monte Cristo.
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