shack1 v also ~ oneself. Cp NID ~ 5 'live,' with sawmill quot. In lumbering operations, to live in a small, roughly made dwelling; to cook and care for oneself in the 'lumber woods' or in a cheap dwelling.
P 65-64 Not all lumbermen eat in the skipper's cook house. Some have their own little camps and 'shack for themselves.' They do their own cooking, wash their own dishes, clean their own camp, etc. T 172/4-65 We had to shack ourselves now. Find ourselves a little ol' shack. We got to get up an' boil our kettle in the morning an' have our breakfast. 1965 PETERS Gloss Shacking [is] living in a small and usually very rough private camp. Shacks are used by commuting loggers whose homes are not within commuting distance. 'Shackers' provide for themselves... Usually used in the phrase 'shacking and hatching.' P 148-65 By shacking himself and working in his spare time [he got his education].
2 Comb shack locker: a compartment on a ship used for placing snacks; see also LOCKER.
1921 Nat Geog July, p. 25 A fisherman is always hungry, and in addition to three square meals per diem, he indulges in a 'mug-up' between times from the 'shack-locker,' or quick-lunch cupboard in the forecastle. [1929] BOWEN 121 ~ On the Grand Banks, the forecastle locker in which left-over food is left for future use.
