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shack-up slang (chiefly U.S.).|ˈʃækʌp|
Also shack up, shackup.
[f. shack v.4 2.]
1. Cohabitation. Also attrib.
1935Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men i. ii. 54 ‘Oh, you kin be had,’ Gold retorted... ‘Yeah? But not wid de trace chains. Never no shack up. Ah want dis tip-in love and tip yo' hat and walk out.’ 1974Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Oct. 1155/2 An affair with David,..a shack-up with Colin. 1977Toronto Star 21 May b5 One down-to-earth mother referred to ‘my child's shack-up partner’.
2. A partner in cohabitation or sexual intercourse.
1969E. R. Johnson Mongo's back in Town ii. 20 That's not like Angel. She was still Mike's shackup. 1972J. Gores Dead Skip (1973) xxiii. 163 He didn't even know if the guy was married or single. He might have a shack-up there for the night. |