(US) A roughly built cabin or shanty.
(US) A roughly built cabin or shanty.
The camp building has a few notable quirks: a door cut straight from the wall, a wide sliding barn door between porch and dining room, outbuildings that look like Appalachian desricks,
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(chiefly, _, Scottish) A dilapidated or ramshackle building.
(US) A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.
(British, colloquial) A desirable residence.
(US, dated) A brothel.
(South Africa) A person who lives in a shack.