Meaning of Long John | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An ant tree of the species Triplaris surinamensis.
2. A bar-shaped, yeast-risen pastry similiar to a doughnut, and either coated entirely with glaze or topcoated with cake icing.
3. A type of long coffee table.
4. Alternative letter-case form of long john (a pastry).
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Examples

“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.”

“Where clearances have been made in the original forest and secondary growth has taken possession, Pampwood (Cecropia peltata) and Long John (Triplaris surinamensis) are common.”

“On Fridays Muslim men dressed in white passed by on their way to the mosque in Church Street, while on Sundays Christian women and their children ambled along on their way to the numerous churches in Kitty, clutching their Protestant hymnals and their hats, in danger of being carried off by the wind which did not abate until it lost its way among the saman and Long John trees bordering the Botanical Gardens.”

“Aunt Matilda set the coffee tray down on the Long John table.”

“109 A pleasant ‘Long John’ coffee table.”

“The long, low, rectangular-shaped table known as the Long John, is still the most popular type of coffee table.”

“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.”

“OLD WAY: This worker and another turned out only 40[…]Long Johns hourly in former hand production.”

“We spent many mornings and afternoons eating Long Johns, using the quarters we saved from our bus money.”

“We bought a couple of Long Johns and drove to Horseneck Beach State Reservation, where we sat on the dunes overlooking the ocean and enjoyed the sinfully delicious sweets.”

“Specialties include cream puffs, Long Johns, and a variety of old-time favorites all hand made with real cream.”

“Outside Hole-in-One Donut Shop, a lady was waving wildly.[…]Faster than you could eat a Long John, Ellie sprang into action.”

“DONUT HOUSE (B) — 496 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg 4. Glazed donuts busters, long johns, fried cinnamons, assorted whipped cream donuts, party snacks, bread, pastries.”

“Was it the effect of the bulletproof glaze on the windows, or had dusk really turned the sky a sheer, sugary violet? The air in the small office carried the smell of freshly glazed donuts from the discount bakery next door. When footage of protesters picketing the clinic played on the evening news, there was usually some slacker off to the side, leaning on his sign and eating a long john.”

“He drank more coffee in a paper cup and ate a long john covered in maple-sugar icing and dialed Marley in San Francisco.”

“Two long johns, a Super Deluxe Big Guy coffee in a bright red Styrofoam cup with two creams, a pack of cigarettes, and two lottery tickets.[…]In a couple minutes, he’s setting the red Super Deluxe Big Guy cup, filled with coffee (two creams, no sugar), down on the gray counter, with his two long johns, and he points behind her. He sits on the lot, stuffing down a long john, sipping coffee, thinking:[…]Out in his truck, Bernie sits, eating long johns,[…]”

““I got coffee and donuts,” Waite said. “Bring The Kid in—he can sleep on my couch.”[…]Clay ate a long john and fell asleep as soon as he hit the couch, rolled up on his side and facing the wall.”

“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.”

“Clothing - Inner Layer / Long john top and bottoms (wool or synthetic)[…]Some undershirts or long john combinations are made of beautiful Angora wool, some are mixtures of synthetics and others of cotton.”

“And then when Mitch was found, he was dressed in a long john top, a tuxedo coat and shirt and a winter police type jacket and I want you to assume further that the car seats were light green but darker than the car.”

“Base Layer / expedition-weight long john top / expedition-weight long john bottoms / midweight long john top / midweight long john bottoms”

“Also raise her long john leg part and pants up to her knee.”

““Fast,” Winona said, deftly pulling out the long john bottoms from the pile that Kate was holding and letting them dangle to the floor.[…]She pulled off her boots, stood and skinned out of her pants and pulled on the long john bottoms, and put her own pants back on and the rain trousers over the top of them. She wrestled out of her shirt, and put the long john top over her own torn one, the shirt back on, the blue sweater that smelled pungently of Winona.”

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