1899, D.D. Braham, “Forty miles on the Neckar in a racing four”, in The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes[1], volume 9, page 315:
As may be imagined our rowing costume created much excitement. The rest of us were not so bad, for we had brought coats in the bottom of the boat, and wore stockings which, when pulled up over our knees, made us quite presentable. But poor Labbez! He had very long legs and very short shorts, and wore stockings which hung loosely about his ankles.
1939, Harper's Bazaar, volume 73, part 2, page 82:
2. A short-sleeved top, and short shorts, in true green Crown Tested rayon. Best.
1945, “A day at the beach”, in Yank[2], volume 3(37), page 15:
Girls with a good tan might also like an ensemble in a beige and brown rayon and wool leopard coat print that has a halter bra, short shorts, and a thigh length sarong skirt. $11.95 for the entire nonsense.
1956, “Short shorts become permanent in U.S. scene”, in Life[3], page 54:
Short shorts gained favor with women because of their comfort and because Bermuda models tend to emphasize the least attractive part of the legs—the knee and calf.
2012, Tim Gunn, Tim Gunn’s Fashion Bible, page 95:
On the shorter side, short-shorts and hot pants are very on trend right now—denim ones are called Daisy Dukes, after the sex symbol on the TV show The Dukes of Hazzard—but you need to be a certain age and have a certain body type to pull them off.
1934, The Author & Journalist, volume 19, →OCLC, page 25:
Short shorts and short stories up to 5000 words, fact features, photos, cartoons, and short humor will be used.
1949, Aron M. Mathieu, The Writer’s Market, page 35:
LADIES’ HOME JOURNAL[…] Uses short stories from 4000 to 7500 words, short shorts from 1500 to 2000 words, short novels from 25,000 to 30,000 words, serials from 45,000 to 65,000 words.
