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The shorts
Short Short, n. 1. A summary account. The short and the long is, our play is preferred. --Shak. 2. pl. The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran. The first remove above bran is shorts. --Halliwell. 3. pl. Short, inferior hemp. 4. pl. Breeches; shortclothes. [Slang] --Dickens. 5. (Phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel. If we compare the nearest conventional shorts and longs in English, as in ``bit' and ``beat,' ``not' and ``naught,' we find that the short vowels are generally wide, the long narrow, besides being generally diphthongic as well. Hence, originally short vowels can be lengthened and yet kept quite distinct from the original longs. --H. Sweet. In short, in few words; in brief; briefly. The long and the short, the whole; a brief summing up. The shorts (Stock Exchange), those who are unsupplied with stocks which they contracted to deliver.

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- Shorts are a garment worn over the pelvic area, circling the waist and splitting to cover the upper part of the legs, sometimes extending down to the...
- YouTube Shorts is the short-form section of the American online video-sharing platform YouTube. Shorts focuses on vertical videos that are less than 180...
- The Shorts was a pop group from the Netherlands consisting of Hans van Vondelen (vocals), Erik de Wildt (keyboard), Hans Stokkermans (b**** guitar) and...
- " Shorts II (born October 15, 1997) is an American-born naturalized North Macedonian basketball player for Paris Basketball of the LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague...
- Shorty McShorts' Shorts is an American animated short series, which consisted of 4-/5-minute shorts. It aired from July 28, 2006, to May 25, 2007. The host...
- Dolphin shorts (listen) or Dolfins are a specific style of uni**** shorts worn for athletics. Dolphin shorts are a style of uni**** shorts designed to be...
- Look up shorts in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shorts are a garment worn over the pelvic area and upper part of the legs. Shorts may also refer to:...
- Stars In Shorts is a 2012 compilation of seven movie-star-filled short films by various directors. The seven shorts are: Shorts HD Holden, Stephen (2012-09-26)...
- Cecil Carlon Shorts III (born December 22, 1987) is an American former professional football wide receiver. He attended Collinwood High School in Cleveland...
- The Simpsons shorts are a series of animated short films that aired as a recurring segment on Fox variety television series The Tracey Ullman Show for...