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desrick

desrick noun: a roughly built cabin or shanty.

Noun

desrick (plural desricks)

  1. (US) A roughly built cabin or shanty.
    • The camp building has a few notable quirks: […] a door cut straight from the wall, a wide sliding barn door between porch and dining room, outbuildings that look like Appalachian desricks, […]2009, Derek Brereton, Campsteading, →ISBN

Forms of desrick

pluraldesricks

Origin of desrick

Originally an Appalachian and North Carolinian dialectal term.

Questions about desrick

What does desrick mean?
Desrick means a roughly built cabin or shanty.
What part of speech is desrick?
Desrick is a noun.
What is the plural of desrick?
The plural of desrick is desricks.

Words near desrick in the dictionary

  1. desquamatory
  2. desqueak
  3. desqueaked
  4. desqueaking
  5. desqueaks
  6. desrick
  7. desricks
  8. Desrochers
  9. Desrocherses
  10. Desroches
  11. Desrosiers

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