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Middies

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1894, OED Evaluation: N/A

A woman's or child's loose blouse, often extending below the waistline, with a collar that is cut deep and square at the back and tapering to the front, similar to that worn by sailors.

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I guess there was a boys' basketball. I don 't know. 'Cause when they were in the gym we weren 't allowed in and when we were in the gym they didn 't come in. We had to wear those silly looking middies and bloomers.
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Well, ah, a lot of the kids wore tunics an-- and they called them middies, it was the white- white top and ah like a jumper sort-of-thing, a navy top- it was like a school uniform some kids would wear...
Type of clothing