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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Long on wear

Her dresses were long on wear.
What does " long on wear" mean?
  

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I guess it means: it's too long for her to wear.

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  • I guess it means: it's too long for her to wear.
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I guess it means: it's too long for her to wear.
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I would not take it to refer to the length of the dresses. I would interpret it to mean that they were designed to last a long time, or possibly that they had been worn many times. Some more context would be helpful here.
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Here is more context:

Her dresses were short on style and long on wear.
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OK. Then it means they were intended to last a long time. The short on style part means they were not stylish.
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