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long ghost en · NOUN
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(archaic, slang) A tall, thin person.
“Now, you long ghost with the bell-topper, what did you pay for that coat? It's a Houndsditcher!” The sally was greeted with laughter from all who heard it.
1903, William Craig (of Invercargill, N.Z.), My Adventures on the Australian Goldfields (page 11)“Pray,” said Doctor Waldron, addressing Mrs. Green, “who is that little fubsy lady, with scarce a morsel of neck, and all covered with ribbands, pursued by that long ghost of a man in the Spanish dress?”
1833, anonymous author, Frank Orby, page 11:
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lamppost · beanpole