Definitions

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  • noun plurale tantum, informal knitted trousers for a baby or child
  • noun Plural form of longie.

Etymologies

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Diminutive of long.

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Examples

  • Rules / Other Information: Design your own custom design of appliqued longies.

    Archive 2008-10-26 Umm Dalia 2008

  • Rules / Other Information: Design your own custom design of appliqued longies.

    Free Pair of Custom Recycled Wool Longies (ends 11/7) Plaidfuzz 2008

  • I had a pair of longies stashed in my computer bag for Wednesday night.

    NYT > Home Page By GEORGE VECSEY 2011

  • I had a pair of longies stashed in my computer bag for Wednesday night.

    NYT > Home Page By GEORGE VECSEY 2011

  • Was the distribution of shot times entirely random, or were there any local or global patterns to descry: longies with longies, middies alternating with shorties, etc.?

    NYT > Home Page By NATALIE ANGIER 2010

  • Don't make the mistake, as your correspondent did, of buying inexpensive longies that had no fly.

    Kitsap Sun Stories 2010

  • As you can see I've only made a few inches of progress on the longies I was working on last week.

    Yarn Pirate 2008

  • All of these new knitting projects are distracting me from what I really need to get done, and that is more longies for H.

    Yarn Pirate 2008

  • I saw flying longies once, "said Cleiti in a bright helpful voice.

    Cattle Town 2010

  • I saw flying longies once, " said Cleiti in a bright helpful voice.

    Dinosaur Planet McCaffrey, Anne 1978

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