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shacko

shacko is the dated form of shako.

Meaning of shako

Noun (1)

shako (plural shakos or shakoes)

  1. A stiff, cylindrical military dress hat with a metal plate in front, a short visor, and a plume.
  2. (UK) A bearskin or busby.

Noun (2)

shako (uncountable)

  1. The squilla or mantis shrimp.

Forms of shacko

pluralshackos
pluralshackoes

Questions about shacko

What is shacko the dated form of?
Shacko is the dated form of shako.

Words near shacko in the dictionary

  1. shacklike
  2. shackling
  3. shacklock
  4. shacklocks
  5. shackly
  6. shacko
  7. shackoes
  8. shackos
  9. shacks
  10. shacks up
  11. shacktown

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shacko (page history and authors); shako (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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