footlong en · ADJ
Etymology
From foot + long.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) One foot long.
Like carved teak statues with footlong cigars stuck in their wooden faces, the two old creatures gazed at the 'Ingaleikma' as English yokels might gaze at a Zulu warrior in full regalia.
1934, George Orwell, chapter 5, in Burmese Days:
Translations (2)
fi jalan pituinen (one foot long) · la pedālis (one foot long)