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shack ((n.))
[< Brit.dial. shackety, shackling, etc. rickety, rundown]
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n.
a rude dwelling, especially one of wood, usually in a rundown condition.
See: shanty ((n.))(def. 3b)
Quotations
1821
[There is indeed a good deal of cleared land on some of the farms; but miserable log-huts, ill-ploughed fields, shackling barns and unpruned orchards, are to be seen everywhere, disfiguring the face of the country, and showing too accurately the character of those who inhabit it.]
1884
The "shack" of my neighbor, the side stable near it,/ And e'en the old shanty that stood on the plain.
1958
Not a stable indeed, for stables are rare, but shacks we do have--in Yellowknife.