shorter

noun — 2 senses

noun

UK /ˈʃɔːtə/ · CA, US /ˈʃɔɹtɚ/

Colloquial A short, a short seller: one who engages in short selling.

UK, Obsolete, Slang One who makes a dishonest profit by clipping and filing coins.

My grandfather, as I said before, was connected with a gang of shorters, and sometimes shortened money, […]1858, George Borrow, The Romany Rye, volume 2, page 128:

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