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long johns

pl.n. Informal

Long, warm underwear.

[From the name John.]

long johns

pl n

(Clothing & Fashion) Informal underpants with long legs

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Noun

long johns - warm underwear with long legs

underclothes, underclothing, underwear - undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments

plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

Translations

long johns npl (fam) → mutandoni mpl

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