SHORTCUT
ADJECTIVES
► ACROSS LOTS via a shortcut → E19 US sl.
ADVERBS
► CROSS LOTS via a shortcut → 1825 US sl.
NOUNS
► CROSSCUT a direct route, a shortcut → 1879 Amer. dial.
► CUTSHORT a shortcut→ 1981 Amer. dial.
► NEAR CUT a short cut; a shorter method than the one usually employed → 1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► NEAR-HAND ROAD a short cut → 1816 Eng. dial.
► NEAR WAY a shortcut → 1836 Amer. dial.
► NIGH CUT a short-cut; a bypath → 1848 Amer. dial.
► NIGH WAY a short-cut; a bypath → 1939 Amer. dial.
► OVERCUT a short cut → 1636 US
► THROUGH CUT a shortcut → 1898 Amer. dial.
VERBS
► CROSSCUT to take a shortcut → 1903 Amer. dial.
► CROSS LOTS to take a short cut; to go by the most direct route → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CUT BUDDY SHORT to take a shortcut → 1953 Amer. dial.
► CUT CORNERS to take a shortcut → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GAINCOPE to catch up with, to intercept or encounter another person by taking a short cut → c1440 obs.
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