From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Shack \Shack\, n. [Cf. Scot. shag refuse of barley or oats.]
1. The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which
have fallen to the ground. [Prov. Eng.]
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2. Liberty of winter pasturage. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a
tramp. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] --Forby.
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All the poor old shacks about the town found a
friend in Deacon Marble. --H. W.
Beecher.
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These miserable shacks are so low that their
occupants cannot stand erect. --D. C.
Worcester.
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Common of shack (Eng.Law), the right of persons occupying
lands lying together in the same common field to turn out
their cattle to range in it after harvest. --Cowell.
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