long-john

See also: Long John, long john, Long-John, and longjohn

English

Alternative forms

• long john, longjohn

Noun

long-john

1. (used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to long johns (the undergarment).
   • 1982, Thomas Mordane, Bloodroot, Dell Books, →ISBN, page 200:

     Bloody to the elbows from gutting it, sweat pouring down his joy-reddened face, stripped down to his long-john top despite the twenty-degree cold, he had dragged the deer down from the top of Widdershins where he’d shot it three hours earlier.

   • 1993, Warren D. Bowman, Outdoor Emergency Care: Comprehensive First Aid for Nonurban Settings, 2nd edition, National Ski Patrol System, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, page 207, column 3:

     You open your first aid belt, take out a seam ripper, and expertly open the seam of the left pant leg to the knee. Then you open the seam of the left long-john leg to the knee.

   • 2000, Ian Wilson, Sally Wilson, Wilderness Journey: Reliving the Adventures of Canada’s Voyageurs, West Vancouver, B.C., Seattle, Wash.: Gordon Soules Book Publishers Ltd., →ISBN, page 190:

     While lying down, she wriggled into wool long-john top and bottoms.