shotgun shack

plural shotgun shacks

1. colloquialSynonym of shotgun house.

   And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack / And you may find yourself in another part of the world

   1980, “Once in a Lifetime”, in Remain in Light, performed by Talking Heads

   2 more examples

   Although preservationists claim the “Shotgun Shack” is one of only two remaining houses of this type on Capitol Hill, the city has condemned the building and ordered it and another house in the same block to be demolished. […]

   2004 November 8, Duncan Spencer, “HillScape”, in The Hill, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2004

   He might actually be able to do something with the shotgun shack that Martina had glimpsed in her single lightning visit to Durrongo since she arrived.

   2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 55

   Synonyms: shotgun house