Where does long home come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

long home

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.51 in modern English

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noun

"to go to one's long home"
"[…] because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners goe about the streets:"
"“Cut me a junk o’ that,” says he, “for I haven’t no knife and hardly strength enough, so be as I had. Ah, Jim, Jim, I reckon I’ve missed stays! Cut me a quid, as’ll likely be the last, lad, for I’m for my long home, and no mistake.”"

long homes (plural)

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