Dropping a plunger into a gas well to knock a stuck plunger free. Also, sometimes used to describe dropping a soap stick into a gas well to knock a plunger free.
The pumper decided to Drop a Bone into the Strickland Well to free the plunger, but accidentally plugged the well.
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2 million.