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Some dressed as their favorite superheroes, others in their long johns, while the bravest runners just wore fur bikinis and jockstraps.
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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
A number of thru-hikers, climbers, kayakers, skiers, and runners wrote to me over the years, but their problems weren’t about, say, the best way to dry long johns over a campfire.
—Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2025
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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
A number of thru-hikers, climbers, kayakers, skiers, and runners wrote to me over the years, but their problems weren’t about, say, the best way to dry long johns over a campfire.
—Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Long johns.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20johns. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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long johns
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: long underwear
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