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footlong

[ foot-lawng, -long ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

approximately one foot in length:
Their specialty is footlong hotdogs.

noun

something that is approximately one foot in length.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of footlong¹

First recorded in 1680–90; foot ( def ) + long ¹( def )

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But the creature the institute caught on video was a footlong juvenile.

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The offering includes a six-inch sub for $6.99 or a footlong for $9.99, alongside a choice of two cookies or a bag of chips and a small fountain drink.

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Subway previously faced a lawsuit alleging its “footlong” sandwiches were too short.

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A BLT Footlong at Subway has gone from $5.50 to $8.49.

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Then, a couple of months before spring, each cicada digs a footlong tunnel to the surface and starts to practice its escape—sometimes you can catch them poking their heads out from the ground, peering around at their new world.

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