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shorts

/ ʃɔːٲ /

plural noun

  1. trousers reaching the top of the thigh or partway to the knee, worn by both sexes for sport, relaxing in summer, etc
  2. men's underpants that usually reach mid-thigh Usual Brit wordpants
  3. short-dated gilt-edged securities
  4. short-term bonds
  5. securities or commodities that have been sold short
  6. timber cut shorter than standard lengths
  7. a livestock feed containing a large proportion of bran and wheat germ
  8. items needed to make up a deficiency
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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“One of the places is in the gym. When you’re on that bike in your shorts, panting away next to a Republican, a lot of the inhibitions come off.”

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The last time she saw him, he was shaven-headed, shackled and dressed in a white prison T-shirt and shorts.

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As someone whose midweek office wardrobe consists of shorts and a T-shirt, Blackley’s theories are more conversational, casual and sometimes littered with words not fit for print.

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Discovery, has stripped the original “Looney Tunes”/”Merrie Melodies” shorts from its lineup is bad enough to have broken through the noise.

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Officials later recovered a five-inch shank that was allegedly hidden in an inmate’s boxer shorts, the memo said.

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