long ghost

plural long ghosts

1. archaicslangA 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)

   1 more example

   “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

   Synonyms: beanpole, lamppost