middlings

British  

/ ˈmɪdlɪŋz /

plural noun

1. the poorer or coarser part of flour or other products

2. commodities of intermediate grade, quality, size, or price

3. the part of a pig between the ham and shoulder

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Example Sentences

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 new process consists of removing the outer skin and adherent impurities from the middlings, then separating the middlings from the central finer part and then regrinding the middlings into flour.

From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry

Mangold-wurtzel, swedes, or other turnips, boiled with a very small quantity of water, until quite soft, and then thickened with the very best middlings or meal, is the very best soft food, especially for Dorkings.

From Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. by Piper, Hugh