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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Mark Peters, a 72-year-old retired electrician in Hamilton, Ohio, with whom Rogers lived with briefly, was found dead in a shack owned by Rogers' family in January 1994 in Beattyville, Kentucky.—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 16 May 2025 Back in the shack, the local barflies have cottoned on to the Ronaldo news.—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 15 May 2025 Beach parties faced crackdowns, beach shacks faced stricter rules.—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 May 2025 McCarthy and Carey named the shack after their best friend, Thomas Kelly.—Jason Dill, Miami Herald, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for shack
Word History
Etymology
probably back-formation from English dialect shackly rickety
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