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Nicholas showed up wearing a balaclava, gloves, and two pairs of long johns.
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Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Some dressed as their favorite superheroes, others in their long johns, while the bravest runners just wore fur bikinis and jockstraps.
—Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
Therefore, this kind of underwear, the long johns style, evolved very naturally into boxing gear.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Yes, the zip-front melton overcoats were subdued (this is executive wear, Owens style), but leather jackets came scrunched to the navel, and those long johns were paired with a pecs-high crop top, revealing the strapping physique of Mr. Owens’s muse, the model Tyrone Dylan Susman.
—Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Some dressed as their favorite superheroes, others in their long johns, while the bravest runners just wore fur bikinis and jockstraps.
—Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
Therefore, this kind of underwear, the long johns style, evolved very naturally into boxing gear.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Yes, the zip-front melton overcoats were subdued (this is executive wear, Owens style), but leather jackets came scrunched to the navel, and those long johns were paired with a pecs-high crop top, revealing the strapping physique of Mr. Owens’s muse, the model Tyrone Dylan Susman.
—Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Long johns.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20johns. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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long johns
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: long underwear
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