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shortie
noun
Something or someone that is shorter than normal
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Why is that man wearing some kind of shortie pyjama suit?
For example, it has been said that Mickey has many wigs, and tries to fool us by using the short one, then a slightly longer one, and finally the longest of the lot, before he pretends to have a haircut and goes back to the shortie.
But it did give me a last verse for my ballad: We sign'd it ance, we sign'd it twice, We sign'd it four times forty; And all wha' said it wud nae wurk Can stuff it up their shortie.
The yellow shortie coat with the lopsided hem I crafted when I was 12? It made me look like a street waif, and caused my mother to hide her eyes every time I ventured out the door in it.
I'm talking about a shortie with a cane.
Loretta calls Charlie "baby boy" and wears red shortie nightgowns for him.
At It's a Wrap, one can own a piece of Denzel Washington (socks from "Courage Under Fire," $40); Tom Hanks (his loincloth from "Castaway," $2,450); Sharon Stone (personal rhinestone earrings, $225); Elton John (a novelty light-up T-shirt, $395); Barbra Streisand (shortie white leather gloves, $60); or Jennifer Lopez (lace teddy from "Angel Eyes," custom framed for $1,000).
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It's hard to know what to make of Master Shortie, the hip-hop persona of former Brit School pupil and West End musical performer Theo Kerlin – and not just because his showbiz past casts doubts upon his hip-hop credentials.
Master Shortie Lupe Fiasco's The Cool skilfully touches on social issues rarely tackled by today's more commercial rappers.
That was not an obstacle, however, when he encountered Master Shortie at a house-warming party hosted by an aspiring artist he'd met on MySpace.
Then you've got Frankmusik, Master Shortie and Dan Black: none of these men is the new Richard Ashcroft.
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