short stuff

See also: shortstuff

English

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Noun

short stuff (uncountable)

  1. (informal, sometimes derogatory) Term of address for a child or small person.
    • 1986, Craig Shaw Gardner, A Multitude of Monsters:
      Snarks cut in. "I know all about that sort of thing! And I can tell a demon from a phantom as well as the next magical creature!"
      "Yes," the Brownie replied. "But did you?"
      "Listen, short stuff!" Snarks was shouting now.
    • 2002, Sandra Steffen, Day by Day:
      "Okay, short stuff," he said upon reaching the kitchen table where they'd started. "Time for bed. You too, Grace."
  2. (cricket) Deliveries that bounce relatively far from the batsman or batswoman.
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