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Discover LudwigThe phrase "short stack" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to describe a relatively small stack of something. For example: I ordered a short stack of pancakes for breakfast.
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short stack
noun
A relatively small amount of chips relative to the stakes.
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A place where a Hamilton, not a short stack of Jacksons, will settle the tab.
He wanted something to read, but nothing in this short stack was grabbing him.
In "Legion" the world ends not with a bang but with a short stack.
It includes pancakes (a short stack is $2.35) and French toast ($2.95).
Other mornings, a short stack or perhaps eggs over lightly, to mix things up.
A short stack of pancakes, coffee and a fruit plate came to $9.52.
I watched the cook, a marvel of prestidigitation, the dancing Shiva of the short stack.
10 P.M. (13) SHORT STACK: LOST AND FOUND -- Five short films about friendships make up this "Independent Lens" episode.
The foie gras ($14) was delivered in a "short stack" of alternating corn griddlecakes with pear conserve and pomegranate molasses.
The Rocky Mountain trout and eggs ($8.95) and the original sourjacks (short stack with blueberries, $5.25) are predictably satisfying.
As always, he bustles into the NITV studio carrying a short stack of paper covered with hastily scrawled Farsi.
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