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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McCarthy and Carey named the shack after their best friend, Thomas Kelly.—Jason Dill, Miami Herald, 6 May 2025 His father was not a provider, although his mother was imaginative and resourceful in a two-room shack with a natural spring for water and an outhouse.—Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2025 The school also operates a surf shack at Pacific Sands Beach Resort on Cox Bay, which caters exclusively to guests.—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 15 Apr. 2025 And few things scream excess more than a train with hot showers, air conditioning and an open bar crawling past settlements where many people live in shacks without running water or electricity.—Lee-Ann Olwage, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shack
Word History
Etymology
probably back-formation from English dialect shackly rickety
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