Meaning of Shorter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A short, a short seller: one who engages in short selling.
   colloquial
2. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
3. One who makes a dishonest profit by clipping and filing coins.
   UK, obsolete, slang
4. A town in Macon County, Alabama, United States.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“My grandfather, as I said before, was connected with a gang of shorters, and sometimes shortened money, […]”

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