shack-shack, shac-shac
(ˈʃækʃæk)
varr. chac-chac. Cf. shak-shak.
| 1848 in Caribbean Q. (1956) IV. iii & iv. 184 Bands of music (soi-disant) including those inelegant instruments, the tin kettle and salt box, the bangee and shack shack. 1953 P. L. Fermor Violins of Saint-Jacques 58 The leaders wielded shackshacks: cylinders of bamboo filled with rattling seeds. 1955 Caribbean Q. IV. ii. 101 The band includes..a cuatro..a set of home-made drums with cymbal and triangle, and shac-shacs. 1959 P. Capon Amongst Those Missing 243 The music..was strongly rhythmic and the rhythm was marked by the rattling of shack-shacks and maracas. |