shack

Definitions


[ʃak], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a roughly built hut or cabin


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Origin:
late 19th century: perhaps from Mexican jacal, Nahuatl xacatli ‘wooden hut’. The early sense of the verb was ‘live in a shack’ (originally a US usage)


[ʃak], (Verb)

Definitions:
- move in or live with someone as a lover
(e.g: they won't believe I've shacked up with someone so good-looking)


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Origin:
late 19th century: perhaps from Mexican jacal, Nahuatl xacatli ‘wooden hut’. The early sense of the verb was ‘live in a shack’ (originally a US usage)




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