A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

MOLT

Fri, 12 Dec '25
What blue crabs do roughly 20 times in their lifetimes
Sun, 27 Jul '25
Come out of one's shell
Mon, 14 Apr '25
Slough off
Thu, 9 Jun '22
Come out of one's shell, say
Sat, 9 Apr '22
Grow out of something, say
Wed, 17 Nov '21
What large birds typically do less often