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

Fashion editors burbled of "straight, flat pullovers," "oldfashioned middy blouses."

From Time Magazine Archive

Iowa's 4-H girls got new uniforms�blue-green zipper dresses with short balloon sleeves�to replace their antiquated, long-sleeved, blue middy outfits.

From Time Magazine Archive

So on Friday I put on my middy blouse which, more than any of my clothes, made me feel like a Marjorie, and my mother called for rickshas.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz