1852. Bristed, Five Years in an English University, p. 37. For a month or six weeks in THE LONG they rambled off to see the sights of Paris.
1863. Reade, Hard Cash, i. 17. “I hope I shall not be [‘ploughed for smalls’] to vex you and puss ...” “... Puss? that is me [sister Julia]. How dare he? Did I not forbid all these nicknames and all this Oxfordish, by proclamation, last LONG.” “Last LONG?” [remonstrates mamma]. “Hem! last protracted vacation.”
The Longs, subs. (Oxford).—The latrines at Brasenose. [Built by Lady Long.]
Long-box, subs. (Winchester).—A deal box for holding bats, stumps, balls, &c.—Mansfield (c. 1840).
Long Chamber, subs. (Eton).—See quot. Long Chamber still exists, but in a very different condition.
1890. Great Public Schools, 14. To Francis Hodgson, who was elected Provost in 1840, is primarily due the vast improvement in the condition of the scholars, or collegers, which was effected in the course of the next few years.... Long Chamber, a dormitory containing no less than fifty-two beds, notorious for its filth and discomfort, was considerably curtailed, and separate rooms were provided for forty-nine boys by the erection of a new wing.
Long-dispar, subs. (Winchester).—See quot.
c. 1840. Mansfield, School-Life, 84. There were six of these [DISPARS (q.v.) or portions] to a shoulder, and eight to a leg of mutton, the other joints being divided in like proportion. All these “dispars” had different names; the thick slice out of the centre of the leg was called a “middle cut,” ... the ribs “Racks,” the loin LONG DISPARS.
Long-fork, subs. (Winchester).—See quot.
c. 1840. Mansfield, School-Life, 80. We had not proper toasting forks, but pieces of stick called LONG FORKS.