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short short story

noun

a very short piece of prose fiction, much more condensed than the average short story.

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Nearby words

  1. short ribs,
  2. short run,
  3. short sale,
  4. short seller,
  5. short selling,
  6. short shrift,
  7. short shrift, give,
  8. short splice,
  9. short story,
  10. short straw
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