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 WebIn May 2022, Deputy Zachary Cotton posted a picture of a man’s body found decomposing in Robinhood, an impoverished neighborhood of run-down trailers and makeshift shacks that deputies often targeted for drug raids.—Jerry Mitchell, New York Times, 29 May 2024 It’s been as spontaneous as spotting his lucky bird on a walk and as intentional as traveling to conjure him in Montana creek shacks, bayou fan boats and ayahuasca wolf dens.—Dina Gachman Daniel Arnold, New York Times, 25 May 2024 Hold on, there are a couple of interiors: a grotty public toilet, the inside of a few cars, and a shack on the beach where local antagonists of the eponymous unnamed hero, the surfer (Cage), hang out.—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024 This iconic Rockaway taco shack started frying up tacos out of a humble sidewalk location in 2008, arguably kicking off the burgeoning food scene in the Rockaways.—Karen I. Chen, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for shack
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Word History
Etymology
probably back-formation from English dialect shackly rickety
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