longjohn
longjohn is the alternative form of long-john.
Meaning of long-john
Noun
long-john
- Of or relating to long johns (the undergarment).
- 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.1982, Thomas Mordane, Bloodroot, Dell Books, →ISBN, page 200
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