middy blouse

Variant of middy

middy definition

middy (midē)

noun pl. middies -·dies

a loose blouse with a sailor collar, worn by women and children
in full middy blouse

Etymology: < slang shortening of midshipman

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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