longies

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noun

knitted trousers for a baby or child

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Meanings

longies1

nounlongies pl (plural only)
  1. informalpluralplural onlyknitted trousers for a baby or child

    For longies, therefore, I cast on sufficiently for the waist, and work a piece of ribbing.

    1974, Elizabeth Zimmermann, Knitter's Almanac, page 26
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    Wool 'longies' are another useful clothing item. These are like leggings that have waterproofing qualities because they are made of wool.

    2015, Amber Hatch, Nappy Free Baby: A practical guide to baby-led potty training from birth, →ISBN
  2. datedinformalpluralplural onlyFull-length trousers for a young boy (as distinguished from knickerbockers).

    Johnnie was in possession of the long trousers. He put them on. "How do I look in longies, Sam?" he laughed.

    1919, Everybody's Magazine - Volume 40, page 35
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    It seemed that one firm had been sending its children's long pants, known as "longies," to be made up in men's pants shops, believing the men's pants contractors better qualified to make longies than were the children's knee pants shops, as the latter do not have " the requisite machinery nor the properly trained workers to make the longies," and the firm felt that the quality of the product ...

    1926, Monthly Labor Review, page 90

    And now the same Talon fastener that the air mail pilots use in their flying suits is on your longies and knickers!

    1932 May, Boys' Life, volume 22, number 5, page 29

    Gabe's suit had one pair of longies and one pair of knickers, but his mother said he couldn't wear the longies until after the bar-mitzvah.

    1934, Story - Volume 4, page 29
  3. informalpluralplural onlylong underwear.

    This as she donned jeans over the longies.

    1993, Dana Stabenow, A Fatal Thaw, →ISBN, page 170
    2 more examples

    I'm not going to change anything! Not even my underwear! And that's that. Get me my old red longies!

    1967, Instructor - Volume 77, page 67

    He's got a nice heavy coat and he's wearin longies, but nights have been in the twenties everywhere north of the county line since Halloween.

    2001, Stephen King, Dreamcatcher: A Novel, →ISBN, page 77

longies2

noun
  1. pluralplural of longie

Longies3

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Longie

Origin

longies · noun

From long + -ie + -s.

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longies · noun

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

longies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/longies

MLA

“longies.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/longies. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “longies,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/longies.

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