long john
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Long John¹
noun Long Johns
- An ant tree of the species Triplaris surinamensis. About the centre are large trees such as “Long John” and Wild Cacao which stand well above the other growth, forming ideal resting places for the “chicken hawks” as they wait to swoop down on young gauldings.
- A type of long coffee table. Aunt Matilda set the coffee tray down on the Long John table.
- Alternative letter-case form of long john (a pastry). The complete assembly provides means for sheeting, rolling and cutting of the dough, and is suitable for a great variety of products, such as butterfly buns, coffee cakes and rings, egg biscuits, snowflake rolls, yeast raised plain and twisted doughnuts, cinnamon buns, Long Johns, and many others.
long john²
noun long johns
- A bar-shaped, yeast-risen pastry similiar to a doughnut, and either coated entirely with glaze or topcoated with cake icing. DONUT HOUSE (B) — 496 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg 4. Glazed donuts busters, long johns, fried cinnamons, assorted whipped cream donuts, party snacks, bread, pastries.
- Alternative form of long-john (“of or relating to long johns (the undergarment)”). The bottom compartment of her big packbag contains a very light wool long john top (Norwegian-made, very soft), a tennis hat, underpants, and a polybag with sanitary napkins in it.
Talk about this word "long john." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/long%20john. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. long john. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/long%20john "long john." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/long%20john.
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@misc{long_john_2026,
title = {long john},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/long%20john},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
