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short-short story

short-short story is the alternative form of short short story.

Meaning of short short story

Noun

short short story (plural short short stories)

  1. A work of fiction that is briefer than a typical short story.
    • We do not mean the length of the average short story, but rather that of the "short short story" that ranges from 500 to 1200 words.1936, E. M. Vickrey, “The Integration of Composition and the Short Story”, in Peabody Journal of Education, volume 13, number 4, page 182
    Synonyms:
    short short

Forms of short-short story

pluralshort-short stories

Questions about short-short story

What is short-short story the alternative form of?
Short-short story is the alternative form of short short story.

Words near short-short story in the dictionary

  1. short-sheeted
  2. short-sheeting
  3. short-sheets
  4. short-ship
  5. short-short stories
  6. short-short story
  7. short-shorts
  8. short-sighted
  9. short-sightedly
  10. short-sightedness
  11. short-sleeper

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