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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 A number of thru-hikers, climbers, kayakers, skiers, and runners wrote to me over the years, but their problems weren’t about, say, the best way to dry long johns over a campfire. Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2025 Hanna Andersson also has beautiful Menorah pajamas for women, Menorah long johns for men and a toddler onesie. Christopher Murray, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for long johns

Word History

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.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20johns. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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long johns

plural noun
: long underwear

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