Words & TermsPlaces and regional language
shack
Also: the shack
A modest holiday house or weekend dwelling, often near the coast or in the bush.
In a sentence
They spent every January at a weatherboard shack on the east coast.
Where it came from
In Tasmania, shack developed as the ordinary name for a modest holiday or weekend house. The buildings and the word are tied to the state’s coastal and bush leisure culture.
- Initial era
- 1900–1999
- Where used
- Especially Tasmania