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long-johns en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only) Alternative form of long johns.
   alt of long johns
   • Josie was the only Springett who did not wear long-johns in winter. 1989, Marion Woodson, Mid’s Summer …the Horse Race, →ISBN, page 133:
   • Engineers would be isolated as if on moon, wear long-johns or spacesuits, and eat dehydrated food, but would have radio communications for receiving instructions and equipment to record physical condition continuously during test. 1967, Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1966: Chronology on Science, Technology, and Policy, page 60:
   • Under the salopettes you can wear long-johns, or I use a pair of track-suit bottoms if it is cold. 1989, Konrad Bartelski, Successful Skiing, Sackville Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 71:
   • Another Michigan winter is almost here. But this year you can fight the cold and show your maize-and-blue colors in University of Michigan flannel long-johns. 1978 September, “It’s A Long Winter... How About Some Long-Johns?”, in The Michigan Alumnus, Ann Arbor, Mich.: the Alumni Association of The University of Michigan, page 23:
   • For the runner was fully dressed and it was the rider who was stripped to the waist, clad in white long-johns and black leather moccasins. 1986, Tom McNab, The Fast Men, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 12:

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