subs. (common).—A tall, or lanky person.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS. Clothes-prop; daddy-longlegs, Duke of Lankester; Duke of Limbs; gawk; gas-pipe; lath-legs; long-ghost; Long-shanks; long-’un; rasher-of-wind; sky-scraper; sky-topper; spindle-shanks; split-up; tongs; matches.
FRENCH SYNONYMS. Une asperge montée (popular); une brinde (popular: of women only); un grand cadavre (popular: of men only); un faucheux (thieves’ = a field spider); une planche à pain (military); une canne à pêche (= fishing rod); une perche à houblon (= hop-pole).
SPANISH SYNONYMS. Cigueño; filisteo; varal; zanguayo; zangarullon.
ITALIAN SYNONYM. Longone (FLORIO).
