A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

COBS

Sat, 12 Jul '25
Cylindrical grain holders
Fri, 11 Apr '25
Makings of some homemade pipes
Tue, 18 Feb '25
Corn cores
Mon, 6 Jan '25
Corn waste
Mon, 27 Nov '23
Inner parts of ears of corn
Fri, 22 Sep '23
Corny junk?
Mon, 21 Aug '23
Corn interiors
Sun, 4 Sep '22
Cookout chuckouts
Sun, 12 Dec '21
Male swans