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middy

middy

1 9.8
A blouse for women or girls with a sailor collar
  • noun
  • /ˈmɪdi/
  • Archaic
translation icon : blusa de marinero
  • She wore a stylish middy blouse with a sailor collar to the summer picnic.
  • middy blouse
  • white middy

Examples

  • For the fashion show, the model showcased a colorful middy blouse inspired by naval uniforms.

  • After chapel that Sunday, Mattie changed from her white middy blouse and skirt into the everyday uniform and went to Glacier Rock.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • I jumped up, took a shower, and put on my middy-blouse outfit and some of Mama's Tabu dusting powder.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • James holds the towel for Lynn, and she for Plummy, who makes a great case of grunting and tugging until the seams of her middy dress are straight around her.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The girls at the school dance all looked beautiful in their matching middy blouses.

Synonyms

middy blouse
vsmiddy
  • Archaic
7.7

A woman's or girl's top with a sailor-style collar like a sailor's uniform

is the shorter name that omits the noun blouse

Compounds

middy blouse
  • Archaic
7.7

A woman's or girl's top with a sailor-style collar like a sailor's uniform

Surface Forms

middy singular
middies plural

Etymology

Middy for a sailor-style blouse comes from midshipman, the name for a young naval officer; sailors, especially midshipmen, wore shirts with a wide flat collar and people copied that look into women's fashion, so a middy is a blouse in the sailor style.