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long-togs

long-togs noun: clothes to be worn when going ashore.

Noun

long-togs pl (plural only)

  1. (obsolete, plural, plural-only) Clothes to be worn when going ashore.
    • They laugh at long-togs so, Flask; but seems to me, a Long tailed coat ought always to be worn in all storms afloat. The tails tapering down that way, serve to carry off the water, d'ye see. Same with cocked hats; the cocks form gable-end eave-troughs, Flask.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Questions about long-togs

What does long-togs mean?
Long-togs means clothes to be worn when going ashore.
What part of speech is long-togs?
Long-togs is a noun.

Words near long-togs in the dictionary

  1. long-time
  2. long-time listener, first-time caller
  3. long-toed stint
  4. long-toed water beetle
  5. long-toed water beetles
  6. long-togs
  7. long-tongued
  8. long-tongued bat
  9. long-tongued bats
  10. long-visaged
  11. long-vowel mark

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