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Definition of Middy
1. Noun. Blouse with a sailor collar.
Definition of Middy
1. n. A colloquial abbreviation of midshipman.
Definition of Middy
1. Noun. (context: nautical slang) a midshipman ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Middy
1. a loosely fitting blouse [n -DIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Middy
Literary usage of Middy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Clothing for Women; Selection, Design, Construction: A Practical Manual for by Laura Irene Baldt (1916)
"49B) AB equals five inches longer than opening of middy. AC equals two inches.
... Draft of pattern for A, middy blouse shield; B, middy blouse pocket. 1. ..."
2. Household Arts for Home and School by Anna Maria Cooley, Wilhelmina H. Spohr (1920)
"MAKING THE middy 3. What kind of corset or corset waists do you wear? should one
be careful about in selecting this garment? What 4. ..."
3. Diary of a Daly Débutante: Being Passages from the Journal of a Member of by Dora Knowlton Thompson Ranous (1910)
"We had three matinees last week, one on Monday, the 23rd, of the middy, to
celebrate Washington's Birthday, Charity on Wednesday, and the middy again on ..."
4. Cases Selected from Those Heard and Determined in the Vice-admiralty Court by Québec (Province). Vice-Admiralty Court (1875)
"ROYAL middy—DAVISON. Upon a value of £6700, the sum of £400 ... The Royal middy,
of the burden of 404 tons or thereabouts, owned by William Duthie Baxter ..."
5. Clothing and Health: An Elementary Textbook of Home Making by Helen Kinne, Anna Maria Cooley (1916)
"LESSON 4 MAKING THE middy BLOUSE The Pleasant Valley girls will make middy blouses
and so complete their gymnasium suits. Will you not wish to complete your ..."
6. Lower Canada Reports =: Décisions Des Tribunaux Du Bas-Canada by Simon Lelièvre (1862)
"middy after him. They had considerable trouble, during the night the weather was
rough, and it snowed heavily on the following morning, so that though close ..."
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