shortyn.adj.

1882 in Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) at Short-Bread.

1919 C. Orr Glorious Thing i. 11 Home wouldn't be home to Minnie without your shorties, Jenny.

1974 Sunday Post (Glasgow) 27 Oct. 17/5 Shortie made with butter and browned real good is sold in St. Andrews.

1888 Texas Siftings 7 Jan. 10/3 One boy yelled out: ‘Go it, Shorty!’

1908 S. Ford Side-stepping with Shorty xix. 306 ‘Hello, Shorty!’ says he, in that little squeak of his.

1914 ‘Bartimeus’ Naval Occasions xxiii. 213 Your middle watch, Shortie?

a1935 T. E. Lawrence Mint (1955) ii. xx. 152 The figure gives a large surplus of shorties.

1960 V. Nabokov Invitation to Beheading vi. 70 The door of this cell was wide open, and inside, the likable shorty whom he had seen before..was standing on a chair.

1978 Oxf. Times 20 Oct. 13/2 A reader who is 5ft 1½in tall has sent me a delightful document entitled ‘Reflections of a Suicidal Shortie’.

1931 Amer. Speech 7 83 Shorty, and apple-jack are illicit drinks.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §99/8 Strong liquor,..shorty (esp. hard, illicit liquor).

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §101/2 Shorty, a straight gin with a ginger ale chaser.

1963 Freedomways III. 523 Yarborough..yelled, ‘Bartender. Give the professor another shorty of gin there.’

1971 Scope (S. Afr.) 19 Mar. 77/2 Also popular are the tall cylindrical tumblers for long drinks, and the chunky tumbler for ‘shorties’.

1934 M. H. Weseen Dict. Amer. Slang 151 Shorties, short motion picture films.

1968 Listener 4 July 22/1 Half the time we wanted to kill its crippling name and start on a new formula, with nudes and shorties to rival the money-making Lilliput and Men Only.

1976 ‘K. Royce’ Bustillo x. 137 I read rather an interesting article. Just a shortie. About your man Warton.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §87/37 Underwear,..shorties, shorts.

1945 Richmond (Va.) News-leader 2 Mar. 19 (advt.) Shorties: More popular than ever this spring! 100% wool Shetlands, in a belted all-around style.

1957 M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 151/1 Shortie, glove, either slip-on or having one button; extending to wrist or a little beyond.

1958 Vogue Jan. 2 (advt.) Jackets..just right for spring..like the jaunty shortie.

1959 ‘D. Buckingham’ Wind Tunnel xix. 157 She was already in her nightdress—a silly little nylon shorty.

1962 Times 19 Nov. 14/4 Among modern ‘shorties’ and light~weight garments in my wardrobe.

1963 New Yorker 15 June 98/3 (advt.) These fully washable shorties..sport dainty floral sprays of peephole petals.

1949 Sun (Baltimore) 19 Mar. 7/7 (advt.) Short and sugary..cool and comfy..these delicious Rayon Jersey Shortie Pajamas in pastel shades.

1952 N.Y. Times 6 May 33/8 A black suede shorty glove.

1954 Wall St. Jrnl. 16 Apr. 1/1 Promoters of Florida tourist attractions are energetically courting a new, inexpensive and very rewarding publicity medium. It's the ‘shortie’ TV feature—films which Floridians make and which the networks admit they're eager to show without charge.

1956 J. Potts Diehard x. 165 Her bright-green shortie coat was spotted with rain.

1960 News Chron. 5 July 1/7 They were sacked..after a party in which they staged their own version of Florence Nightingale in the nurses' home, dancing about in ‘shortie’ nighties waving lighted candles.

1971 Scope (S. Afr.) 19 Mar. 64/1 The girls changed into shortie cat-suits.

1972 D. Haston In High Places v. 69 To go anywhere in the winter you have to be able to ski, so I had borrowed a pair of shorty skis from Grahame Tiso.

1980 Dirt Bike Oct. 64/3 Both bikes are using Oakley II grips and DeHandler shorty levers.