an old shack in the woods
a farmer's shack out in the fields that's used for lambing and as a shelter from storms
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The pair moved into a stuccoed beach shack in Malibu, and spent the next four years cooking for friends and family, playing guitar and raising dogs and turtles.—Nathan Taylor Pemberton, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 There are more than 80 sugar shacks scattered across the province, and each is unique.—Debbie Olsen, AFAR Media, 13 Mar. 2025 The other half of the book has Brooks in a rented shack on a remote Australian island years after her husband’s death trying to find the space to finally, fully grieve.—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025 Ginny Wiley, now in her 80s, grew up in her grandfather’s store, a wooden shack called Wiley’s Bait and Tackle, and took it over decades later.—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shack
Word History
Etymology
probably back-formation from English dialect shackly rickety
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