A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

PETER

Sun, 14 Jan '24
Pan handle?
Sun, 9 Jul '23
Picker of a peck of pickled peppers
Wed, 6 Jul '22
___ Rabbit
Sat, 12 Feb '22
"Great" man
Sun, 11 Jul '21
Fizzle (out)