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short short stories

short short stories is the plural 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

Questions about short short stories

What is short short stories the plural of?
Short short stories is the plural of short short story.

Words near short short stories in the dictionary

  1. short sheeted
  2. short sheeting
  3. short sheets
  4. short shift
  5. short short
  6. short short stories
  7. short short story
  8. short shorts
  9. short shrift
  10. short shrifts
  11. short sight

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