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 WebThe milky goo that squirted out stank like the alley next to our old shack and tasted like vinegar-laced glue. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2022 Living alone in a shack on the coast of North Carolina, Kya falls for the gentle Tate (Taylor John Smith) and two-timing Chase (Harris Dickinson), whose love triangle soon turns fatal. Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 16 July 2022 The couple bought a $400,000 lot in March 2021, tore down the shack on it and built a three-bedroom, 1,400-square-foot house for $800,000. Cecilie Rohwedder, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2022 As the news spread, photos of Ou's shack surfaced online, and many expressed shock at its shabby state. Nectar Gan, CNN, 17 Oct. 2021 This restaurant is a hip spin on a seafood shack, with indoor picnic tables and a 1,500-pound granite basin filled with ice and oysters. Virginia M. Wright, Outside Online, 18 June 2020 The original shack was a relic of the post-World War II food stands that sprouted up throughout the country in the 1940s and required little more than the remnants of wartime aluminum to construct.Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022 In January, a video surfaced of a woman chained up in a shack in Fengxian County, Jiangsu Province, China. Jianli Yang, National Review, 3 July 2022 Schneps and Lochak spoke to a couple of thin, bearded men, one of them living in a shack in the middle of a wheat field. Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
probably back-formation from English dialect shackly rickety