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shack
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shack
1. a roughly built hut
2. South African temporary accommodation put together by squatters

shanty
1. A hut, usually of wood; a small structure of rough character.
2. A temporary building on a construction site used for storage or as a contractor’s office.


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When a man walks out on his wife and children to shack up with a sex therapist, starts painting his toenails and accuses his late father of sexual abuse, he has a troubled soul.
The estranged husband and wife are in a blazing row when a confused Lauren returns home from her school trip to find that her dad's come back, her mum is planning to shack up with Uncle Jack and everyone is at each other's throats.
Byline: Dr MIRIAM STOPPARD Dear Miriam MY husband of 20 years left me to shack up with his brother's wife, only for her to change her mind and go back to her man.
 
 
 
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