Usage of "shack up" | TermGallery

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Share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple.

Usage of shack up in English

Good cause for excitement there in the shack up by the grade. 
 The Return of Blue Pete 

I have it still, displayed in a conspicuous place in the shack up-river. 
 Then I'll Come Back to You 

There's a shack up the road that serves some of the best crab dinners. 
 Snow melts in spring 

I don't have to shack up every girl I know. 
 The Godfather 

I've a right tidy little shack up on the hill, and another on Eldorado. 
 A Daughter of the Snows 

There's nine 'boes of us got a shack up ahead. 
 The Innocents: A Story for Lovers 

She asked about the family that used to live in a shack up the road. 
 The new yorker 

In the interest of the federal budget, I'd even agree to shack up with Janet. 
 Private Sector 

If I wanted to shack up with a man I'd just go ahead and do it. 
 Seven up 

But the rifle shot whipping out from the boss's shack up beside the grade electrified them. 
 The Return of Blue Pete 

I know where the winos shack up out in the Marshes and where the pulp roads go. 
 Salem’s Lot 

So you can shack up with him! 
 Terminal 

You know the old shack up there? 
 Way of the Lawless 

Don't shack up with marriage on your mind without sharing that goal with your mate-orvice versa. 
 Ebony 

To shack up with a guy. 
 Bones Never Lie 

As they ate, the boys and girls told the details of their experience at the shack up the river. 
 Dave Porter at Star Ranch; Or, The Cowboy's Secret 

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