Meanings
noundesrick (plural desricks)
plural desricks
- USA 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, […]
2009, Derek Brereton, Campsteading, →ISBN
Origin
Originally an Appalachian and North Carolinian dialectal term.
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APA
desrick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desrick
MLA
“desrick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desrick. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desrick,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desrick.
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