A shabrack is a cavalry saddlecloth, which is well short of interesting. The meanings invented by our word imps, on the other hand, were fascinating. I implore you to read them all, especially if you need a pick-me-up. It worked for me! Great to see the return of some of our previous word imps. Thanks for coming back.
Realityjunkie is our winner today. Here's her very well thought out and funny suggestion: Shabrack was the infamous Irish brother of Meshack and Abnego in the famous bible story of the fiery furnace. Although the men were on a strict diet of vegetables and water, old "Shabby" just couldn't resist hitting the wine skin now and then. Poor fella isn't mentioned in most versions of the bible. They replaced him with the more saintly Shadrach character we read about today.
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3. After a certain time I list the true meaning and choose a winner for the invented meaning.
There are no prizes, just lots of fun!
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Shabrack was the infamous Irish brother of Meshack and Abnego in the famous bible story of the fiery furnace. Although the men were on a strict diet of vegetables and water, old "Shabby" just couldn't resist hitting the wine skin now and then. Poor fella isn't mentioned in most versions of the bible. They replaced him with the more saintly Shadrach character we read about today.
n. ancient war weapon used by the Peloponnesians.
A Shabrack is the poor man's equivalent of a gold bazaar or sukh. Costume jewellery is sold in a shabrack, for the people who can't afford real gold.
A shabrack is rack used for displaying tacky and shabby little homemade bric-a-brack items found in holiday bazaars; ie., Christmas ornaments made from the tabs off of beer cans, or plastic ties from clothing stores woven together and painted with nail polish resembling shiny ornaments adhered to tin foil.
--Auntibeck
Shabrack is covering over the windows in a partly-underground house (like a hobbit hole, for example), to make the windows blend into the garden and hide the presence of building. These are used in conjunction with a wilderness-look garden which is meant to look spontaneous and natural: ferns, moss, ivy, trees with shaggy bark and many boulders feature prominently.
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