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Definition of Shorties
1. shorty [n] - See also: shorty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shorties
Literary usage of Shorties
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Stenographer (1893)
"She listened a moment, puzzled, Then nodded, and murmured low, As she held the
desk open a trifle, " Of course the shorties can go. ..."
2. A Cyclopedia of Canadian Biography: Being Chiefly Men of the Time. A by George Maclean Rose (1886)
"His father was Thomas shorties, and his mother Mary Bourke. Mrs. shorties came
from Tipperary, Ireland, and was connected with some of the first families in ..."
3. Outlines of the Life of Shakespeare by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1887)
"... in his own fashion, what 164 scraps of the play had been furtively obtained
from shorties hand notes or other memoranda into the semblance of a perfect ..."
4. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1857)
"... W. shorties, and N. Mercer, and afterwards read the following letter from
George Hamilton, Esq. " Dear Sir,—I regret that I shall not be able to attend ..."
5. English Synonymes, with Copious Illustrations and Explanations, Drawn from by George Crabb (1854)
"... ii dwell» un little things until they become great ; • VVr all ni us cunt-
plain of the shorties of time, ..."
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