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shorter

/ˈʃɔɹtɚ/ noun A1
  1. A short, a short seller: one who engages in short selling. (colloquial)

Plural shorters

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The president’s sword, which was simply, as he had said, one he carried in his cane, was five inches shorter than the general’s, and had no guard.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 773 · C1
I’d put him at forty years of age, and he was of a middle height, two or three inches shorter than you, sir.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 60 · C1
The cabman had described a somewhat shorter man, but such an impression might easily have been erroneous.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 75 · C1
I am sure that we can find some shorter cut to a result.”
The Valley of Fear, p. 80 · C1

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