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"text": "There are two routes to get there. We're in a rush so we'll take the shorter one."
}
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "more short",
"word": "poto iho"
}
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"A short, a short seller: one who engages in short selling."
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"(colloquial) A short, a short seller: one who engages in short selling."
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"text": "My grandfather, as I said before, was connected with a gang of shorters, and sometimes shortened money, […]",
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"One who makes a dishonest profit by clipping and filing coins."
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"(UK, slang, obsolete) One who makes a dishonest profit by clipping and filing coins."
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"A short, a short seller: one who engages in short selling."
],
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],
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"One who makes a dishonest profit by clipping and filing coins."
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],
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