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shack
 n.— «The operative on the ground radioed confirmation: “That’s a shack,” slang for a direct hit.» —“Over Afghanistan, Gantlets in the Sky” by Steve Vogel in Aboard The USS Carl Vinson Washington Post Oct. 29, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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