shack-shack

Meaning

Noun

  • A child's rattle, used in various Caribbean folk music traditions.
  • The seed pod of various trees, especially the wild tamarind, woman's tongue tree (Albizia lebbeck) and flamboyant tree (Delonix regia).

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Origin

  • Imitative of its sound.

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