Meaning & use
Jacal
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A simple hut or shack, typically built with a framework of poles plastered with mud, traditional to Mexico and the southwestern United States.
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The family lived in a small jacal on the edge of the desert town.
Remnants of old jacales still stand near the historic mission.
A note on using this word
The word comes from the Nahuatl "xacalli" via Mexican Spanish, and is used regionally in the American Southwest to describe traditional adobe-and-pole dwellings.
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hutshack
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