"shackless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From shack + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shack|less}} shack + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} shackless (not comparable)
  1. (of a place) Without a shack or shacks. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-shackless-en-adj-YoICP1pm Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  2. (of a person) Not housed in a shack. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-shackless-en-adj-V-NKbtaY Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95
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