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shack definition

☆ shack (s̸hak)

noun

a small house or cabin that is crudely built and furnished; shanty

Etymology: < ? AmSp jacal < Nahuatl xacalli, wooden hut

shack Idioms

shack up

  1. Slang to live or room (in a certain place)
  2. to live (with one's mistress or paramour)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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