Definitions
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
shack .
Etymologies
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Examples
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His house was even smaller than I remembered, a tiny shacklike thing that sunk into its lot.
Kiss It Erin Downing 2010
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His house was even smaller than I remembered, a tiny shacklike thing that sunk into its lot.
Kiss It Erin Downing 2010
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He lived a godless life in a rundown, shacklike house.
The Words That Inspired The Dreams Caron Loveless 2000
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He lived a godless life in a rundown, shacklike house.
The Words That Inspired The Dreams Caron Loveless 2000
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He lived a godless life in a rundown, shacklike house.
The Words That Inspired The Dreams Caron Loveless 2000
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Danny walked back to the garage, saw a shacklike built-on atop it and took rickety steps up to the door.
The Big Nowhere Ellroy, James, 1948- 1988
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Lucia bagged them as customers drifted in and out of the shacklike store.
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Lucia bagged them as customers drifted in and out of the shacklike store.
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Lucia bagged them as customers drifted in and out of the shacklike store.
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You can hear them on virtually any recording of black church music - either field recordings from the little shacklike rural churches, or more sophisticated gospel recordings by people who sing the music as professionals.
Temple3 2009
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