long home

English

Etymology

From Middle English lang ham, lang hame, long hom, longue home.

Noun

long home (plural long homes)

1. (poetic) The grave.

   to go to one's long home

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiastes 12:5:

     […] because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners goe about the streets:

   • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Israel Hands”, in Treasure Island, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part V (My Sea Adventure), page 210:

     “Cut me a junk o’ that,” says he, “for I haven’t no knife and hardly strength enough, so be as I had. Ah, Jim, Jim, I reckon I’ve missed stays! Cut me a quid, as’ll likely be the last, lad, for I’m for my long home, and no mistake.”

External links

• J. Hain Friswell, "Long Home", Notes and Queries, 4th s., no. 8 (12 August 1871), p. 125