Definition of Shorties

1. Noun. (plural of shorty) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shorties

1. shorty [n] - See also: shorty

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shorties

shorthand
shorthand typist
shorthanded
shorthandedly
shorthands
shorthead
shortheads
shorthold
shorthorn
shorthorn sculpin
shorthorn sculpins
shorthorns
shortia
shortias
shortie
shorties (current term)
shorting
shortish
shortite
shortleaf
shortleaf pine
shortleaf yellow pine
shortlist
shortlisted
shortlistee
shortlistees
shortlisting
shortlists
shortlived
shortly

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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