Lexicographical Neighbors of Longies
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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