desrick
(US) A roughly built cabin or shanty.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(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,
Origin: Originally an Appalachian and North Carolinian dialectal term. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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