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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, created in 2020, is the short-form section of the online video-sharing platform YouTube. YouTube Shorts focuses on vertical videos that...
- The Shorts was a pop group from the Netherlands consisting of Hans van Vondelen (vocals), Erik de Wildt (keyboard), Hans Stokkermans (b**** guitar) and...
- 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...
- 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:...
- Shorty McShorts' Shorts is an American animated anthology short series, which consisted of 4-/5-minute shorts. It aired from July 28, 2006, to May 25,...
- the act in 1932 to pursue a solo career and was replaced by his younger brother Curly Howard. This incarnation of the team appeared in several shorts...
- Boxer shorts (also commonly known as simply boxers) are a type of undergarment typically worn by men. The term has been used in English since 1944 for...
- Cecil Carlon Shorts III (born December 22, 1987) is an American former professional football wide receiver. He attended Collinwood High School in Cleveland...
- Salute Your Shorts is an American television sitcom created by Steve Slavkin and produced by Propaganda Films, which aired on Nickelodeon from July 4,...