A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

GINS

Tue, 11 Apr '23
Machines that remove cotton seeds
Sun, 5 Feb '23
Options for "bee's knees" cocktails
Thu, 2 Sep '21
Generates dubiously, with "up"
Thu, 11 Feb '21
Beefeater and Bombay Sapphire
Mon, 18 Jan '21
Cotton processors