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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a pair of long" is not complete and requires additional context to be correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a specific item that comes in pairs, such as clothing or accessories, where "long" refers to the length of the item.
Example: "I bought a pair of long socks for the winter season."
Alternatives: "a set of long" or "two long".
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Its tail has a pair of long central streamers.
A few years ago I modelled a pair of long johns for this column.
As the boat idled, Seggos retrieved a jar and donned a pair of long rubber gloves.
People milled around for a while, then settled down at a pair of long tables.
"Because of the way they're tailored, they are as dressed as a pair of long trousers".
First, for some reason, a pair of long crossing entries stuck out to me — PAROLE HEARING and BAILED OUT.
She cut off a pair of long underwear at the knee and scissored a round hole for her face.
Desserts look like extras from the set of "Antz," each bristling with a pair of long chocolate antennas.
A pair of long, golden legs attached to a thick Russian accent kept sliding under one of the curtains.
There was also a pair of long sawhorses serving as a workstation for modifying heavy machine guns.
In the puss moth caterpillars the last pair has evolved into a pair of long eversible whiplashes (stemmatopoda).
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