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
Recent Examples on the WebThe business model is unclear Despite its surf shack interiors, Brandy Melville is not a Californian business.—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024 Get a taste of Quebec with hearty eats, including Abenaki poutine and the wagyu beef burger, or indulge in a classic French-Canadian sugar shack brunch for $75 per person — a prix-fixe menu that incorporates the province’s famous maple syrup in each of the four courses.—Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2024 In the aftermath of her death, Arthur is living an itinerant existence in a shack near Flora’s estate; both his hovel and her grand but desolate home are tombs of their own, waiting to be plundered thousands of years in the future by some other brave troupe.—David Sims, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024 The truck drove off the main highway, onto dirt roads, and stopped near a dilapidated shack.—Beth Warren, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024 After the Korean War broke out, Moon escaped across the border and settled in the South Korean city of Busan, living in a one-room shack.—TIME, 4 Apr. 2024 Sacramento Bee reader Larry Lee asked me to put South Area Market on my list of food spots to try after reading about my experience at Tori’s Place in January, a soul food shack in Del Paso Heights.—Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024 These are simple places, sometimes shacks, but all lively and serving great food cooked by formidable doyens, grandmothers such as Lu.—Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024 Yoong and about 100 other dog-pushers were confined in a ramshackle complex of stilted, timber shacks with thatch roofs, which became their home for a month, subsisting on two daily meals of rice and vegetables while being feasted upon by mosquitos and assorted beasties.—TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
probably back-formation from English dialect shackly rickety
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