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▪ I. † ˈshacky, a. Obs. rare—1.
= shaggy a.
1567Golding Ovid's Met. i. 275 His garments turnde to shackie heare.
▪ II. shacky, a.2 colloq.|ˈʃækɪ|
[f. shack n.3 + -y1.]
Of buildings, etc.: resembling or suggestive of a shack; dilapidated or ramshackle; run-down.
1921S. Kaye-Smith Joanna Godden iii. 194 She had wanted Great Ansdore [farm] very much, though..it was shacky and mouldy. 1979N. Mailer Executioner's Song i. ii. 531 Shacky ranch houses stretched as far as the smog would allow the eye to see. 1982J. Hansen Gravedigger vii. 76 Haven't you made this place attractive? Really rustic instead of just shacky. 1987Motor Sport June 572/1 The once very ‘shacky’ town of Bracknell in Berkshire is now a brash New Town. |