Down a "middy" of Tooheys New (a downmarket brew but perfect for this pub) to whet your appetite for lunch. From Wordnik.com. [City Walk: Sydney] Reference
She's gone in for dress reform now, you know, a kind of middy blouse made out of a striped portière with a kilted skirt of the same material and a Scotch cap. From Wordnik.com. [Turn About Eleanor] Reference
So she searched again, and came upon a blue-and-white "middy" suit and a dark-blue "Norfolk.". From Wordnik.com. [Seven Miles to Arden] Reference
Although no average cake would have held the candles to which Miss Mercy's birthdays entitled her, she was given to "middy" blouses and pink sweaters. From Wordnik.com. [The Dude Wrangler] Reference
Howard had just joined the old Cat. as a young middy. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Clerks] Reference
"Why not slip a skirt and middy over our bathing suits?". From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Or, A Cave and What It Contained] Reference
His countship was offering her, a lowly middy, a cup of tea?. From Wordnik.com. [Behemoth] Reference
She folded the last middy blouse neatly into a wicker suitcase. From Wordnik.com. [Keineth] Reference
Her blue serge skirt and a fresh middy blouse lay over a chair and. From Wordnik.com. [Four Little Blossoms on Apple Tree Island] Reference
They taught us all that in middy training, about not getting attached. From Wordnik.com. [Behemoth] Reference
We made these middy blouses that we wore for graduating from grade school. From Wordnik.com. ["Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930] Reference
"It's yours, Watty, old boy," he said to the middy from north of the Tweed. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Border Marches] Reference
They all wore middy blouses in the picture and Peggy and Alice were barefooted. From Wordnik.com. [Keineth] Reference
Try looking professional when even the most modest shirt rides up into a semi-middy. From Wordnik.com. [Looking Professional] Reference
"Goodness, I wouldn't like to chance it," said Mollie, slipping a middy over her head. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Or, A Cave and What It Contained] Reference
But Peggy, joining them in middy blouse and bloomers, reassured her in an excited whisper. From Wordnik.com. [Keineth] Reference
After she made her middy blouse in school, Florence Epstein made curtains for the kitchen. From Wordnik.com. ["Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930] Reference
“Eight bells, sir,” Lord Nelson replied, saluting like the middy in charge of the watch. From Wordnik.com. [Springhaven] Reference
Photographs from the camps show happy-looking girls in swimsuits, bloomers, and middy blouses. From Wordnik.com. ["Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930] Reference
"All ready for letting fall, sir," the middy stationed in the foretop was the first to sing out. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
Just forget this subject and talk about the new middy-blouse you are making, or something like that. From Wordnik.com. [Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes The Quest of a Summer Vacation] Reference
Each one of them wore a dark blue serge skirt of ankle length and a middy blouse with a blue sailor collar. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
"I wouldn't be afraid," boasted Sarah, stuffing her horse hairs carefully into the pocket of her middy blouse. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Hill] Reference
To her aunt's horror, Sarah unbuttoned the pocket of her middy blouse and pulled out a little dangling dark object. From Wordnik.com. [Rosemary] Reference
Elizabeth stood silently watching it, her sweet face, her dark hair and her middy blouse tinged with the glow of it. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl and Her Religion] Reference
"Young ladies," said Jacqueline, "I present to you a 'bordachien' -- a little middy from the practice-ship the Borda.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Barbara wears middy bloses, too, but she cannot wear bloomers becose she is too old though she does not look old or grownup. From Wordnik.com. [Keineth] Reference
"It certainly is a beautiful boat -- beautiful," murmured Mollie, looking about as she pulled and straightened her middy blouse. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem] Reference
A young middy, apparently about fifteen years of age, then made his appearance at the entrance of the City Hall, bearing a United. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner] Reference
At eleven years of age he became a middy, and served a short time -- not two years in all -- in a vessel stationed in the North Sea. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics] Reference
Whether she wore a low middy collar or dressed reticently for school in a black suit with a high-necked blouse, she was airy, flippant. From Wordnik.com. [Main Street] Reference
Katherine produced an envelope from her middy-blouse pocket and drew from it a folded paper, which she unfolded and spread out before her. From Wordnik.com. [Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes The Quest of a Summer Vacation] Reference
'O did you ever, hot in love, a little British middy see. From Wordnik.com. [Beauchamp's Career — Complete] Reference
The sound, overall, is defined and middy, though not boxy. From Wordnik.com. [All Updates @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com] Reference
'Up, up, my pretty middy; take a draught of foaming Sillery. From Wordnik.com. [Beauchamp's Career — Complete] Reference
In print SF, this is standard fair and it's usually a middy that does this. From Wordnik.com. [digg.com: Stories / Popular] Reference
This is such a cool track, please make it available as a podcast!!!!!! pretty pretty pretty please middy September 16th, 2008 3: 08 am. From Wordnik.com. [dj lobsterdust] Reference
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