2. Noun. (ice hockey) An short-handed goal ¹
3. Noun. (African American Vernacular English) an adult female or a child. ¹
4. Adjective. shorter than normal ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shortie
1. shorty [n -S] - See also: shorty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shortie
Literary usage of Shortie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Battery B Thru the Fires of France: Being a Very Human and Intimate Sketch by Ernest Stone (1919)
""shortie" Jorgensen was a problem for the '' top. ... He went to the guard-house,
by request, nor was this " shortie V first experience. ..."
2. Fighting the Hun from Saddle and Trench by William Ross Jones (1918)
""shortie Chambers, you signal the horses and I'll get the gun ready. ...
shortie placed the ammunition on a pack horse but I had no time to fix the gun on, ..."
3. Pennsylvania Archivesby Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1878)
"25, Lackey, Robert, and Mary shortie. 1802, Jan. 16, Laird, Eliz., and Henry
Burkholder. 1787, April 19, Laird, Jane, and Jonathan Holmes. ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"[Called shortie, in Mearns, and Scotch cake in England.] " Some persons—hold
themselves entitled, after two or three times receiving a piece of short-bread, ..."
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