half-pint vs shortie

half-pint

noun
  • A small or short person. 

  • A unit of volume used for liquids equal to half of a pint. 

  • A small child. 

  • Half a pint of beer or other drink. 

shortie

noun
  • Something or someone that is shorter than normal. 

  • A short-handed goal. 

  • shortbread 

adj
  • Shorter than normal, especially of clothing. 

How often have the words half-pint and shortie occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )