shack-shackn.
/ˈʃakʃak/ = chac-chac n.
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maraca1598
salt-box1763
horse-fiddle1807
anklung1817
shack-shack1848
chac-chac1870
shaker1943
lagerphone1956
vibraslap1970
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. 4 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.
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