"hammerspace" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1996, Vincent Tagle, “Love and a single Ukclone...”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):",
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          "ref": "2000, Jason Howe, “Hammerspace Cleaning”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet):",
          "text": "...it's a commonly known fact that dust is physically incapable of collecting in Hammerspace, so everything is always looking brand new! I for one would want to keep my collection of--I think it's sixty-four--manga spotless!",
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          "text": "I just learned how to take my sword out of my hammerspace, and I'm not afraid to use it.",
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        "(humorous, fiction) A notional extradimensional storage space able to contain objects larger than itself."
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