middy
1 Americannoun
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
Example Sentences
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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
Fashion editors burbled of "straight, flat pullovers," "oldfashioned middy blouses."
From Time Magazine Archive
In time their bustles gave way to hobble skirts; middy blouses came & went.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was wearing the white middy blouse I’d seen her in the first time we met.
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
McCain was among few proud members of “the Century Club” — middies who earned more than 100 demerits in a year, and McCain constantly tap-danced on the line between perpetual misconduct and expulsion.
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
Washington slid past the middies as if the Navy boat were pinned to the water.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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