import re


def remove_shortwords(text, length=3):
    """Returns a string with all short words of a particular length or less removed

    params:
    length: Specify the length of words you want to remove
    default is 3 letter word length or less

    """
    token_words = re.split(r"\W+", text)
    long_words_list = [i for i in token_words if len(i) > int(length)]
    return " ".join(long_words_list)