long john
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.24 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A type of long coffee table.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of long john (a pastry).
noun
A bar-shaped, yeast-risen pastry similiar to a doughnut, and either coated entirely with glaze or topcoated with cake icing.
noun
Alternative form of long-john (“of or relating to long johns (the undergarment)”).
Example Sentences
- "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."