long johns

noun

A full-length undergarment, worn on the bottom half of the body, or two-piece, to keep the wearer warm in cold weather.

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long underwearthermal underwearunion suit
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Meanings

long johns1

nounlong johns pl (plural only, attributive long-john or long john)

attributive long-john · attributive long john · alternative long-johns · alternative longjohns

  1. USpluralplural onlyA full-length undergarment, worn on the bottom half of the body, or two-piece, to keep the wearer warm in cold weather.

    Synonyms: long underwear, thermal underwear, union suit

long johns2

noun
  1. pluralplural of long john

Long Johns3

noun
  1. pluralplural of Long John

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA full-length undergarment, worn on the bottom half of the body, or two-piece, to keep the wearer warm in cold weather.

Similar
long underwearthermal underwearunion suit
Also see
long underwear

Origin

long johns · noun

Reputedly named after American heavyweight boxer John L. Sullivan (1858–1918); also posed as an approximation of French longues jambes (“long legs”); see Wikipedia.

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long johns · noun

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 保溫內衣 /保温内衣, 長內衣褲 /长内衣裤
  • 保溫內衣 /保温内衣 (bǎonuǎn nèiyī)full-length undergarments
  • 長內衣褲 /长内衣裤 (chángnèiyīkù)garment for bottom half of the body
  • 秋褲 /秋裤 (qiūkù)garment for bottom half of the body
Czech spodky, podvlékačky
  • spodkyfull-length undergarments
  • podvlékačkyfull-length undergarments
Dutch lange onderbroek
  • lange onderbroekgarment for bottom half of the body
Finnish pitkät alusvaatteet, pitkät alushousut
  • pitkät alusvaatteetfull-length undergarments
  • pitkät alushousutgarment for bottom half of the body
French caleçon long
  • caleçon longgarment for bottom half of the body
German lange Unterhose
  • lange Unterhosegarment for bottom half of the body
Hebrew גַּטְקֶס
  • גַּטְקֶס (gátqes)full-length undergarments
Hungarian meleg alsóruha/alsónemű/alsóruházat, jégernadrág
  • meleg alsóruha/alsónemű/alsóruházatfull-length undergarments
  • jégernadrággarment for bottom half of the body
  • jégeralsógarment for bottom half of the body
  • jégergatyagarment for bottom half of the body
  • jégergarment for bottom half of the body
Italian calzamaglia
  • calzamagliagarment for bottom half of the body
Japanese タイツ, 股引
  • タイツ (taitsu)garment for bottom half of the body
  • 股引 (momohiki)garment for bottom half of the body
  • ズボン下 (zubon shita)garment for bottom half of the body
Polish kalesony, kalesony
  • kalesonyfull-length undergarments
  • kalesonygarment for bottom half of the body
Portuguese ceroulas, calção
  • ceroulasfull-length undergarments
  • calçãofull-length undergarments
  • ceroulasgarment for bottom half of the body
Romanian izmene
  • izmenegarment for bottom half of the body
Russian кальсо́ны, кальсо́ны
  • кальсо́ны (kalʹsóny)full-length undergarments
  • кальсо́ны (kalʹsóny)garment for bottom half of the body
Spanish calzoncillos largos, pantalón interior largo
  • calzoncillos largosfull-length undergarments
  • pantalón interior largogarment for bottom half of the body
Swedish långkalsonger
  • långkalsongerfull-length undergarments
Cite this entry
APA

long johns. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long%20johns

MLA

“long johns.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long%20johns. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “long johns,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long%20johns.

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