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Definition of Short letter
1. Noun. A short personal letter. "Drop me a line when you get there"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Short Letter
Literary usage of Short letter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Journal of the Proceedings in Georgia, Beginning October 20, 1737: By by William Stephens (1906)
"... wherewith he also wrote me a Letter, both which Captain Ellis gave me, and I
found only a short Letter for myself from Mr. Verelst, acquainting me that ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"St. Jude does not give any details about the errors denounced in this short letter
any more than does St. Peter, and there is no ground for identifying the ..."
3. The Lauderdale Papers by John Maitland Lauderdale, Osmund Airy (1884)
"Yesternight I had your short letter by the ordinary ; and at two a clock this
morning yo™ by the expres pacquet|; in which there is nothing requires answer, ..."
4. The Lauderdale Papers by John Maitland Lauderdale, Osmund Airy (1884)
"Yesternight I had your short letter by the ordinary ; and at two a clock this
morning yore by the exprès ..."
5. William Clayton's Journal: A Daily Record of the Journey of the Original by William Clayton (1921)
"I wrote a short letter to AW Babbit and one to father but Porter failed to call,
and at two o'clock we started again. We traveled until about three o'clock ..."
6. Diaries and Correspondence of James Harris, First Earl of Malmesbury by James Harris Malmesbury (1844)
"... by its being given to him, liable to all the usual contingencies, which was
the odd expression Addington employed in a very dry and short letter to him. ..."
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