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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A number of cottage industries in makeshift tin shacks have sprung up on a field next to the Levi's factory.—Kate Bartlett, NPR, 20 July 2025 Police say on May 28, a shack on the 1300 block of 107th Avenue was shot up by two people driving a Lexus.—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 4 July 2025 At the same time, Hardy himself shot a deer to hang on a wall in the shack next to the one his grandfather hung five decades prior.—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 The Hualalai Trading Company is a coffee and snack shack with breakfast burritos and smoothies adjacent to the fitness center.—Katie Sweeney, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for shack
Word History
Etymology
probably back-formation from English dialect shackly rickety
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