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- adjective
superlative form ofshort : mostshort .;Least instature , length or height.
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Examples
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Still the shortest is the one through Los Rodriguez.
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He then cried old clothes about the streets; but not finding any great encouragement in that employment, he was easily drawn in by some wicked people of his acquaintance, to take what they called the shortest method of getting money, which was in plain English to go a-thieving.
Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences Arthur L. Hayward
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He then cried old clothes about the streets; but not finding any great encouragement in that employment, he was easily drawn in by some wicked people of his acquaintance, to take what they called the shortest method of getting money, which was in plain English to go a-thieving.
Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed Hayward, A L 1735
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The shortest is 5 days and the longest is 9 days and they are separated by a break of a few days.
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The shortest is 5 days and the longest is 9 days and they are separated by a break of a few days.
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The shortest is word definitions, two of which I include here.
Games Maxine 2009
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The stories are of various lengths (I think the shortest is 5, but most come in around 20-30 pages) and written around the theme of werewolves and Christmas.
Wolfsbane and Mistletoe Nalini Singh 2008
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The stories are of various lengths (I think the shortest is 5, but most come in around 20-30 pages) and written around the theme of werewolves and Christmas.
Archive 2008-12-01 Nalini Singh 2008
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It includes essays of varying lengths (the shortest is less than two pages, the longest 27), on the existence of God and ethical questions in general.
July Books 2) Collected Short Stories by E.M. Forster ninebelow 2008
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Will, I would bring thee and her together in shortest time, and curtain you both with my skirt.
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