shorts
Britishplural noun
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trousers reaching the top of the thigh or partway to the knee, worn by both sexes for sport, relaxing in summer, etc
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Usual Brit word: pants. men's underpants that usually reach mid-thigh
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short-dated gilt-edged securities
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short-term bonds
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securities or commodities that have been sold short
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timber cut shorter than standard lengths
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a livestock feed containing a large proportion of bran and wheat germ
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items needed to make up a deficiency
Example Sentences
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Hunterbrook Capital bought Joby shares before the scoop was published, betting it would make Joby bears have to cover their shorts, and sold them a few weeks later after a rally.
He offered some advice that I understood better once we were on the trail: “Don’t wear shorts.”
From Los Angeles Times
Business meetings are held in shorts and flip-flops.
The shorts often satirize Christmas traditions such as gift-giving and pageants.
From Salon
He was still wearing what he slept in — black shorts and a T-shirt — when the agents arrested him, he told The Times in his first interview with a news outlet since his ordeal began.
From Los Angeles Times
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