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English
Pronunciation
Noun
long ghost (plural long ghosts)
- (slang, archaic) A tall, thin person.
- Synonyms: beanpole, lamppost
1833, anonymous author, Frank Orby, page 11:“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?”
- 1903, William Craig (of Invercargill, N.Z.), My Adventures on the Australian Goldfields (page 11)
- “Now, you long ghost with the bell-topper, what did you pay for that coat? It's a Houndsditcher!” The sally was greeted with laughter from all who heard it.
References
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary