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▪ I. middy1 colloq.|ˈmɪdɪ|
[f. mid n.2 + -y6.]
1. A midshipman.
1818‘A. Burton’ Adventures J. Newcome 145 A Middy rudely said, He'd sell them [sc. prisoners] for five pounds a head. 1833Marryat P. Simple xxix, Then went two of the middies, just about your age, Mr. Simple. 1894C. N. Robinson Brit. Fleet 410 The middies, with naval cadets, are now designated ‘subordinate officers’.
2. In full, middy blouse. A kind of loose blouse, often extending below the waistline, similar to that worn by midshipmen. Also attrib.
1911Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 13 Apr. 24/3 (Advt.), Child's Middy Dress, in white duck. Square neck and short sleeves. 1913T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Spring & Summer 31/2 Plain Galatea ‘middy’. Plain Galatea waist, in Norfolk ‘middy’ style. 1915E. J. Kimble Commercial, Industr. & Technical Vocab. 185 Middy blouse. 1917D. Canfield Understood Betsy (1922) ii. 37 The neck-tie of her middy blouse fell forward. 1929Wodehouse Mr. Mulliner Speaking viii. 259 A sort of middy-blouse arrangement. 1952M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) ix. 172 Mary Margaret, the eldest, in middy and skirt, followed. 1957Observer 24 Nov. 11/1 The middy two-piece comes near the new silhouette, with a hip-length ‘blouson’ worn over a skirt mounted on its underbodice. 1965Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 6 Aug. (1970) 307 Carol Channing in her white velvet bell-bottom trousers trimmed in red and a middy blouse top.
▪ II. middy2 Austral. slang.|ˈmɪdɪ|
[f. mid n.1 + -y6.]
A measure of beer or other liquor (see quots.); the glass containing it.
1945Baker Austral. Lang. ix. 169 The middy, a beer glass containing nine ounces, is a measure used only in N.S.W. hotels. 1956S. Hope Diggers' Paradise 230 A middyglass contains ten liquid ounces. 1957‘N. Culotta’ They're a Weird Mob (1958) ii. 25 Those big glasses are called schooners and those small ones are called middies. 1968Southerly XXVIII. 38 He ordered two more middies. 1970Observer (Colour Suppl.) 15 Feb. 39/2 Getting ‘full’ on frosty ‘middies’ of beer is still a serious manly business. 1974K. Cook Bloodhouse 79 ‘Middy of rum, Mick,’ said the youth... Ten ounces of rum sold over the bar cost four dollars. |