long home

noun

The grave.

“to go to one's long home”

OriginMiddle English lang ham →
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Meanings

nounlong home (plural long homes)

plural long homes

  1. poeticThe grave.

    to go to one's long home

    2 more examples

    […] because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners goe about the streets:

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiastes 12:5

    “Cut me a junk o’ that,” says he, “for I haven’t no knife and hardly strength enough, so be as I had. Ah, Jim, Jim, I reckon I’ve missed stays! Cut me a quid, as’ll likely be the last, lad, for I’m for my long home, and no mistake.”

    1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Israel Hands”, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part V (My Sea Adventure), page 210

Origin

  1. Middle Englishlang ham
  2. Englishlong home

From Middle English lang ham, lang hame, long hom, longue home.

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