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short-ˈtimer
[f. short a. + timer 4.]
1. A child who is allowed to attend school for less than the full number of hours daily (cf. half-timer). Obs. exc. Hist.
1863Dickens Uncomm. Trav. in All Year Round 20 June 400/2 The Short-Timers, in a writing competition, beat the Long-Timers of a first-class National School. 1883A. E. Barr in Chr. Union 22 Nov., A ‘short-timer’ is a child who works half the day at the mill.
2. U.S. Mil. slang. One nearing the end of his period of military service.
1906T. Beyer Amer. Battleship in Commission 73 In most cases..‘short-timers’ are sent home before their enlistment expires. 1918L. E. Ruggles Navy Explained 132 Any man who has less than six months to do on his enlistment is called a ‘short timer’. 1952M. Russ Last Parallel (1957) 16 Being what is known as a short-timer..I'm at peace with service life. 1977Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. ii. 4/6 An inspecting officer discovered a ‘short-timer's calendar’ centrally positioned in a foot⁓locker display.
3. slang. One serving a short prison sentence.
1915J. London Jacket iv. 25 He was a pallid-faced, little dope-fiend of a short-timer.
4. slang. One who makes a brief sojourn in a hotel for sexual purposes; one who visits a prostitute. Cf. short time 2.
1923J. Manchon Le Slang 267 Short-timers,..un couple (amoureux) qui loue en meublé pour peu de temps. 1939G. Greene Confidential Agent i. ii. 87 The shabby hotel to which ‘short timers’ come. 1960Amer. Speech XXXV. 120 When the GI visited a movie star, it was usually for a short-time. Short-time..also..had an agent noun, a short-timer. |