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short short story

short short story noun: a work of fiction that is briefer than a typical 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

Synonyms of short short story

Forms of short short story

pluralshort short stories
alternative formshort-short story

Questions about short short story

What does short short story mean?
Short short story means a work of fiction that is briefer than a typical short story.
What part of speech is short short story?
Short short story is a noun.
What is the plural of short short story?
The plural of short short story is short short stories.

Words near short short story in the dictionary

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

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