middy
1 Americannoun
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middies
plural
noun
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informal See midshipman
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See middy blouse
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a middle-sized glass of beer
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of middy1
First recorded in 1825–35; mid(shipman) + -y 2
Origin of middy2
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She and her friends walk to school in pleated skirts and middy sailor blouses.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2021
A middy is a half-pint in some states Down Under, although also known as a pot.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2011
In time their bustles gave way to hobble skirts; middy blouses came & went.
From Time Magazine Archive
Republican write-in" and the "Democratic shoo-in," Dancer Mitzi Gaynor peered down her middy blouse and asked: "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
From Time Magazine Archive
Now, in her middy blouse with the sailor bow tie, she still looked like a high school girl.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
He jumped passing lines, dug in and deflected on double teams, swished middies and bullied smaller defenders between him and the rim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2024
Some middies snuck in late on Wed night and light the fire a day early.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2018
In one escapade, Hart poached a contraband TV hidden in a crawl space and circulated among the middies.
From Washington Post ● May 3, 2018
Was the distribution of shot times entirely random, or were there any local or global patterns to descry: longies with longies, middies alternating with shorties, etc.?
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2010
In Norfolk, middies held hands and formed a human chain, dancing around cars like kindergartners, madly encircling the standstill traffic.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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