"having too few 'hands,'" 1794, from short (adj.) + -handed. The ice hockey sense is attested from 1939.
they're rather short-handed at the moment
shortcut
shorten
shortening
shortfall
shorthand
short-handed
shortlist
short-lived
shortly
shortness
short-order
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