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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In the past, the camp, called San Vicente, consisted of just a few shacks in a muddy expanse, and officials often kept migrants penned inside.—Julie Turkewitz, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025 The property also has a sugar shack with two 20,000-gallon silos to hold the sap.—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025 The seafood shack, which opened in 1986, was destroyed in the raging fires.—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025 The lumbering animal had wandered aimlessly around the old mill and through several of the old mining shacks.—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shack
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Etymology
probably back-formation from English dialect shackly rickety
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