a.1 dial. [f. LONG a. + -FUL.] Long.

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1798.  J. Jefferson, Lett. to Rev. J. Boucher, 19 March (MS.). A longful time, is a curious kind of Hampshire Paragoge—for a long time.

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a. 1825.  Forby, Voc. E. Anglia, Longful, very long; full long.

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1860.  Reade, Cloister & H., IV. 179. Bless you, they left this a longful while ago.

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  Longful a.2 dial. [f. LONG v.1 + -FUL.] Longing. (See Eng. Dial. Dict.)

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