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shotgun shack

shotgun shack noun: synonym of shotgun house.

Noun

shotgun shack (plural shotgun shacks)

  1. (colloquial) Synonym of shotgun house.
    • And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack / And you may find yourself in another part of the world1980, “Once in a Lifetime”, in Remain in Light, performed by Talking Heads
    • Although preservationists claim the “Shotgun Shack” is one of only two remaining houses of this type on Capitol Hill, the city has condemned the building and ordered it and another house in the same block to be demolished. […]2004 November 8, Duncan Spencer, “HillScape”, in The Hill, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2004
    Synonyms:
    shotgun house

Synonyms of shotgun shack

Forms of shotgun shack

pluralshotgun shacks

Questions about shotgun shack

What does shotgun shack mean?
Shotgun shack means synonym of shotgun house.
What part of speech is shotgun shack?
Shotgun shack is a noun.
What is the plural of shotgun shack?
The plural of shotgun shack is shotgun shacks.

Words near shotgun shack in the dictionary

  1. shotgun offenses
  2. shotgun pleading
  3. shotgun pleadings
  4. shotgun proteomics
  5. shotgun sequencing
  6. shotgun shack
  7. shotgun shacks
  8. shotgun start
  9. shotgun starts
  10. shotgun surgery
  11. shotgun wedding

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