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 fishing shack was probably the one that took the longest.—Mike Miller, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2025 Back home soft-shell crabs are literally on the roadside at shacks that sell seafood.—Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025 Augusta National’s caddie shack is more like a five-star resort when compared to the facilities at other annual PGA Tour stops.—Brody Miller, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025 Remember the landmark oceanfront shack Dania Beach Grill?—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shack
Word History
Etymology
probably back-formation from English dialect shackly rickety
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