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 down, the beer in the globe would remain for a moment as if congealed there: then if the drinker tilted the glass up a little, and shook it, the motionless beer would give a gurgle and come with a sudden rush all over his face. There was a way of holding the long glass at a certain angle by which catastrophes were avoided. Some boys could toss off their quart of ale in quite superior style, and I may as well remark that these clever fellows could do little else.

Long-haired Chum, subs. phr. (tailors').—A female friend; a sweetheart.

Long-headed, adj. (old: now colloquial).—Shrewd; far-seeing; clever. Also long-headedness.

1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.

1711. Spectator, No. 52. But being a long-headed gentlewoman, I am apt to imagine she has some further design than you have yet penetrated.

1725. New Cant. Dict., s.v.

1840. Dickens, Old Curiosity Shop, lxvi. Many distinguished characters, called men of the world, long-headed customers, knowing dogs, shrewd fellows.

1871. Lowell, Study Windows, 126. Ulysses was the type of long-headedness.

Long-hogs, subs. (old).—The first growth of wool on a sheep.

1841. Punch, i. 85. The tailor clips the implicated long-hogs from the prolific backs of the living mutton.

Long-home, subs. (old colloquial).—The grave.—Wright and Hall.

1701. Harl. MSS., fol. 61. And thy traveyle shalt thou sone ende, For to thy long-home sone shalt thou wende.

1843. Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, 1. 2. Following the order book to its long 'ome in the iron safe.

Long-hope, subs. (old).—See quot.

1823. Grose, Vulg. Tongue (3rd ed.), s.v. Long-hope At Oxford, the symbol of long expectations in studying for a degree.

Long-lady, subs. (old).—A farthing candle.

Long-lane, subs. (common).—The throat. For synonyms see Gutter-alley.

For the long-lane, adv. phr. (old).—Said when a thing is borrowed without intention of repayment.

Long-legs (or Long-'un), subs. (common).—A tall man or woman. For synonyms see Lamp-post.

Long-meg, subs. (old).—A very tall woman. For synonyms see Lamp-post.—B. E. (1690); New Cant. Dict. (1725); Grose (1785).

Long-oats, subs. (military).—A broom or fork-handle used to belabour a horse: cf. Thorley's food for cattle.

Long-one, subs. (poachers').—A hare: cf. Long-tail.

Long-paper, subs. (Winchester).—Paper for writing tasks on.

Long-pig, subs. (nautical).—See quots.

1883. St. Johnston, Camping amongst Cannibals [Century], The expression long pig is not a joke, nor a phrase invented by Europeans, but one frequently used by the Fijians, who looked upon a corpse as ordinary butcher meat, and called a human body puaka balava, long pig, in contradistinction to puaka dina, or real pig.

1893. Fortnightly Review, Jan., p. 37. I cannot find it in my heart to condemn them for trying to get a little long pig whenever an opportunity presents itself.