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Shack   /ʃæk/   Listen
noun
Shack  n.  A small simple dwelling, usually having only one room and of flimsy construction; a hut; a shanty; a cabin. (Colloq.)


Shack  n.  
1.
The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground. (Prov. Eng.)
2.
Liberty of winter pasturage. (Prov. Eng.)
3.
A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp. (Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.) "All the poor old shacks about the town found a friend in Deacon Marble." "These miserable shacks are so low that their occupants cannot stand erect."
Common of shack (Eng.Law), the right of persons occupying lands lying together in the same common field to turn out their cattle to range in it after harvest.


verb
Shack  v. t.  
1.
To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest. (Prov. Eng.)
2.
To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn. (Prov. Eng.)
3.
To wander as a vagabond or a tramp. (Prev.Eng.)





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"Shack" Quotes from Famous Books



... a flat space between bulwarked hills, one yellow spot—the light in the ferryman's window—shining like an eye unwinking and vigilant. Garland's hail was answered from within the shack, and the ferryman came out, a dog at his heels, a lantern in his hand. There was a short conference, and the lantern, throwing golden gleams on the ground, swung toward the flat boat, the horse following, his steps, precise and careful, ringing hollow ...
— Treasure and Trouble Therewith - A Tale of California • Geraldine Bonner
... shack midway between Moncrossen's Blood River camp and Hilarity, Bill Carmody hugged close the ...
— The Promise - A Tale of the Great Northwest • James B. Hendryx
... man-hide—I—I used to know Bill down in the Territory, an' Bill he thought I was still on the grab. He put me on. I'm supposed to be at the pony corral at midnight to turn the ponies loose an' bottle up the house gang in their shack. Brophy's bad medicine; you'd better pass up your eight-year-old lady friend an' come on back to the Lion Head ...
— Happy Hawkins • Robert Alexander Wason
... mustn't—" Allie had her strong hands upon his shoulders; she was arguing firmly but as gently as possible under the circumstances, when something occurred so extraordinary, so unexpected, as to paralyze her. Of a sudden the interior of the dim-lit, canvas-roofed shack was illuminated as if by a searchlight, and she turned her head to see that the whole out-of-doors was visible and that the night ...
— Flowing Gold • Rex Beach
... Jim, over here. He's been on hand right along. And if you can't take his word for it, you can go look in the shack—but in that case Brit's liable to take a shot at yuh, Senator. He's on the warpath right, and he's got ...
— The Quirt • B.M. Bower


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