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middie

American

[mid-ee] / ˈmɪd i /

noun

Informal.

a midshipman.

middie British

/ ˈmɪdɪ /

noun

a glass or bottle containing 285ml of beer

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Etymology

Origin of middie

middy ¹

Example Sentences

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Freshman middie Elexus Ray led the way with nine goals, Emma Yoffe had two and Amanda Wexler added one as the Dolphins claimed their fourth title overall.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

A game similar to rock-paper-scissors was played to see which middie would take the fall for McCain.

From Washington Post • May 3, 2018

Especially as the Terrapins replaced first-team all-Americans at goalie, defenseman and longstick middie, plus offensive midfield.

From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2015

But these Wednesdays, after the last salute is snapped, many a middie returns to the not-so-traditional company of Machiavelli, Malthus or Montesquieu�required reading in such brand-new majors as literature, economics and political science.

From Time Magazine Archive

And away they all ran, helter-skelter, towards the forecastle—the middie knowingly allowing the young aspirants for military distinction to get ahead of him, and bolting under the forecastle, while they ran thundering up the ladder.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various

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