middy
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
In time their bustles gave way to hobble skirts; middy blouses came & went.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Wearing a navy blue skirt and white middy blouse, and carrying a red scarf in her hand, she stepped before newsmen at Cape Canaveral after her husband's space voyage was over.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.