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short story

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. short story (noun)
  2. long-short story (noun)
  3. short-story writer (noun)

short story

noun

Definition of SHORT STORY

: an invented prose narrative shorter than a novel usually dealing with a few characters and aiming at unity of effect and often concentrating on the creation of mood rather than plot
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Examples of SHORT STORY

  1. <her very first short story was accepted for publication in a local journal>

First Known Use of SHORT STORY

1877

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Rhymes with SHORT STORY

backstory, centaury, clerestory, fish story, ghost story, John Dory, Noyori, Old Glory, outlawry, satori, self-glory, sob story, vainglory, war story

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