Definition of Longies

1. long underwear [n]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Longies

longheaded
longheaded thimbleweed
longheadedness
longheads
longheld
longhorn
longhorn beetle
longhorn beetles
longhorns
longhouse
longhouses
longicorn
longicorn beetle
longicornia
longicorns
longies (current term)
longilateral
longiloquence
longiloquent
longimanous
longimetry
longing
longingly
longings
longinquity
longipalp
longipennate
longipennes
longipennine
longiroster

Literary usage of Longies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. General Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War by George C. Kenney (1997)
"Later, in New Guinea, I noticed that Vasey's yth Australian Division were wearing "longies." On the 22nd, an Australian detachment occupied Good- enough ..."

2. A View of the Ancient and Present State of the Zetland Islands: Including by Arthur Edmondston (1809)
"Provided a person can get sufficiently near to the shelf on which the longies sit, he may take as many as he chooses. The following is a very common method ..."

3. Illustrations of the History and Practices of the Thugs: And Notices of Some by Edward Thornton (1837)
"... by caste Mussulmans, are great eaters of betel-nut, usually wear longies, like Sepoys, and often represent themselves to be in the Company's service, ..."

4. Tablets of Anatomy by Thomas Cooke (1885)
"Outer head - Posterior surface of shaft above musculo-spiral groove, outer border. Supinator longies - Upper two-thirds of external condyloid ridge. ..."

5. The Harp of Perthshire: A Collection of Songs, Ballads, and Other Poetical by Robert Ford (1893)
"... Bush," " A Lump o' Gowd," "The Castle o' Balmanno," "My Jamie's Gane," and " The Laird of the longies," which last leads us back into the 17th century, ..."

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