| 单词 | long togs |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong togs long togs n. Nautical (now historical) clothes worn on shore, as distinct from those worn on board ship; landsmen's clothes; cf. long clothes n. (a). ΚΠ 1785 ‘Palinurus’ Familiar Lett. xii. 119 A chap that wears his long togs and gold-laced hat at sea? Why there now, look ye, I never could speak decently to that fellow in my life. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxviii. 96 His ‘long togs’, the half-pay, his beaver hat, white linen shirts, and everything else. 1902 Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 402/1 You ain't in such a blessed hurry that you can't stop for a mouthful o' rum, John Corsellis? It won't hurt you, nor yet them long togs of yourn. 2002 I. C. Rogers Motoo Eetee i. 11 You can make your fortune, become a gentleman, wear long togs, and have respect. long togs b. Variously qualified: often humorous or depreciative; long togs (Nautical), landsmen's clothes. ΚΠ 1830 F. Marryat King's Own I. x. 152 I retained a suit of ‘long togs’, as we call them. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxviii. 96 His ‘long togs’, the half-pay, his beaver hat, white linen shirts, and everything else. 1850 F. E. Smedley Frank Fairlegh iv. 34 I should have thought he had seen the sporting togs. 1860 All Year Round 28 July 380 Three or four days..employed by us in providing sea-going togs, and other requirements. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) Sunday togs. < as lemmas |
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