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long ghosts

long ghosts is the plural of long ghost.

Meaning of long ghost

Noun

long ghost (plural long ghosts)

  1. (archaic, slang) A tall, thin person.
    • “Pray,” said Doctor Waldron, addressing Mrs. Green, “who is that little fubsy lady, with scarce a morsel of neck, and all covered with ribbands, pursued by that long ghost of a man in the Spanish dress?”1833, anonymous author, Frank Orby, page 11
    Synonyms:
    beanpole, lamppost

Questions about long ghosts

What is long ghosts the plural of?
Long ghosts is the plural of long ghost.

Words near long ghosts in the dictionary

  1. long fuse
  2. long fuses
  3. long game
  4. long games
  5. long ghost
  6. long ghosts
  7. long grain
  8. long grasser
  9. long grassers
  10. long gray line
  11. long green

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