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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But a classic lobster shack on the stretch of coastline from Maine to Connecticut will make for a scenic backdrop that’s hard to beat.—Terry Ward, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025 Here that moment is captured in very much the same style as our VLA researcher races down the road towards an administrative shack where the discovery is shared.—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 14 Nov. 2025 Muayyad Shaaban, who heads an office in the Palestinian Authority that is tracking the violence, said the settlers set fire to four dairy trucks, farmland, tin shacks and tents belonging to a Bedouin community.—NPR, 13 Nov. 2025 In Gaza’s Shati refugee camp, my grandfather built a modest shack, brick by brick, on the spot where his tent was erected.—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shack
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Etymology
probably back-formation from English dialect shackly rickety
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