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  • proper noun A surname.

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Examples

  • Cross meandered to an end, and we had a short redirect in which Short identified 14 photos of the “motivational posters” with Bible verses.

    Freshwater: Hearing testimony ends! - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • The third was too short, “Short and thick is never quick.”

    Household Tales 2003

  • The third was too short, "Short and thick is never quick."

    Household Tales by Brothers Grimm Jacob Grimm 1824

  • Their garments Consists of a short Shirt of leather and a roabe of the Skins of Deer or the Antilope but fiew of them ware Shirts all have Short robes.

    The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791

  • After Barkley had left a long-range penalty short, Farrell's measured cross-field punt was cleverly nudged back inside by Short, and Ratuvou, who appeared to knock on in the process of crossing the line, was given the benefit of the doubt by the television match official after the ball became lodged between his knees.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • After Barkley had left a long-range penalty short, Farrell's measured cross-field punt was cleverly nudged back inside by Short, and Ratuvou, who appeared to knock on in the process of crossing the line, was given the benefit of the doubt by the television match official after the ball became lodged between his knees.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • This year the Sigeman tournament was a short affair, and a Short affair.

    Chess news by ChessVibes 2009

  • Will your Spending create jobs, yes but only for the SHORT term and that is why America will fail because Wall St., and the government are all thinking Short term.

    unknown title 2009

  • SHORT. r\ Short, no herb, no falve was ever found To eafe a lover's heart, or heal his wound;

    The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790

  • Office, 64 Cornhill, London, (I like to be particular, you see, as becomes one who professes to be an amateur student of the exact sciences), and I take out what they call a Short Term Policy of

    The Iron Horse 1859

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