long johns

plural noun

ˈlȯŋ-ˌjänz How to pronounce long johns (audio)
Synonyms of long johnsnext
: long underwear

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Axelsson bet his woollen long johns and his cold-weather gear, and lost it all; Pike lost his socks. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 The bakery makes anything from doughnut holes to old-fashioned cake doughnuts and long johns with strips of bacon on them. — Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 20 June 2026 Some dressed as their favorite superheroes, others in their long johns, while the bravest runners just wore fur bikinis and jockstraps. — Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025 Therefore, this kind of underwear, the long johns style, evolved very naturally into boxing gear. — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for long johns

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First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of long johns was in 1941

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long johns

plural noun
ˈlȯŋ-ˌjänz How to pronounce long johns (audio)
: long underwear

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