"short short story" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: short short stories [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} short short story (plural short short stories)
  1. A work of fiction that is briefer than typical short stories. Synonyms: drabble, flash fiction, flashfic, microfiction, sudden fiction, short-short story Translations (a kind of work of fiction): mininovell (Estonian), mininovelli (Finnish), ショートショート (shōto shōto) (Japanese), miniatyrnovell [common-gender] (Swedish), mininovell [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-short_short_story-en-noun-HO5v5gKr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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