middlings
Britishplural noun
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the poorer or coarser part of flour or other products
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commodities of intermediate grade, quality, size, or price
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the part of a pig between the ham and shoulder
Example Sentences
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The elite -- those who've won awards, broken box office records, sold successful franchises--are often welcomed back even as newbies like Nate Parker or middlings like Lindsay Lohan are cut loose.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2016
Skim milk, crusts, middlings, bits of doughnuts, wheat cakes with drops of maple syrup sticking to them, potato skins, leftover custard pudding with raisins, and bits of Shredded Wheat.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
The smell was delicious—warm milk, potato skins, wheat middlings, Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, and a popover left from the Zuckermans’ breakfast.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
The meal was then bolted, and the tailings, consisting of bran, middlings and adherent flour, again sifted and re-ground.
From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry
The chine is taken out, as also the spare-ribs from the shoulders, and the mouse-pieces and short-ribs, or griskins, from the middlings.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert
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