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Definition of Shorthanded
1. a. Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers.
Definition of Shorthanded
1. Adjective. Lacking sufficient staff or people, as for normal or efficient operations. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: ice hockey) Having fewer skaters on the ice during a play, as a result of a penalty. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shorthanded
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shorthanded
Literary usage of Shorthanded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Best Short Stories of ... and the Yearbook of the American Short Story edited by Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1917)
"The Old Man was tearing mad, too, because the death of that man had made the ship
shorthanded — as if there were not already enough farmers in the crew. ..."
2. Reports of Cases Relating to Maritime Law: Containing All the Decisions of by James Perronet Aspinall, Butler Aspinall, Geoffrey Hutchinson, James. A. Petrie, F. A. P. Rowe, Bruce Farthing (1873)
"... which haa been driven out to sea by stress of weather shorthanded, to assist
in bringing her into port, is a salvage service. The men so placed on board ..."
3. Gently with the Tides: The Best of Living Aboard by Michael L. Frankel (1990)
"... advantages of the Chinese balanced-lug rig as being far superior to the
conventional rig, especially for shorthanded sailing and comfortable cruising. ..."
4. Hearings by United States Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, William Stedman Greene (1908)
"Only if shorthanded. We would not sail without a sufficient crew: but we might
be shorthanded. as has been stated, one oiler out of three or one watchman ..."
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