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Definition of Middies
1. middy [n] - See also: middy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Middies
Literary usage of Middies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ten Months in Brazil: With Incidents of Voyages and Travels, Descriptions of by John Codman (1867)
"Adventure of two British middies. — A Shrewd Dentist. — Sharp Practice. — Summer
Resorts.— Route to Petropolis. — Pleasant Illusion. —A Sea of Fog. ..."
2. Ten Months in Brazil: With Notes on the Paraguayan War by John Codman (1872)
"... of two British middies. — A Shre-wd Dentist. — Sharp Practice. — Summer
Resorts.— Route to Petropolis. —Pleasant Illusion. —A Sea of Fog. ..."
3. Adventures Afloat and Ashore by Parker Gillmore (1873)
"... SCHOOL—FLIRTATIONS OF THE middies—NEWPORT—THE ARMY AND THE REPUBLIC—IRON-CLAD
SHIPS OF WAR-— ..."