long-johns

attributive long-john

1. alternativepluralplural onlyAlternative form 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

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   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

   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

   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

1. pluralplural of Long-John