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plural of short examples
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pants or trousers worn for sports or in warmer weather that do not go lower than the knees. examples
(dated) underpants. quotations examples
And always, when the food arrives, send something back. It's considered very sophisticated. But make sure you use colorful language. Tell him, "Waiter, this veal tastes like the inside front panel of Ferdinand Magellan's shorts. And I'm referring to the first voyage."
2015, George Carlin, 3 X Carlin: An Orgy of George Including Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, and When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?
(uncountable) Remnants, clippings, trimmings of production processes. examples
The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran; pollard. quotations examples
[…] the first remove above bran is shorts ; the next above that is sharps
1847, James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, volume II, page 822
Short, inferior hemp. examples
third-person singular simple present indicative of short examples