Definition of Middy blouse

1. Noun. Blouse with a sailor collar.

Exact synonyms: Middy
Generic synonyms: Blouse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Middy Blouse

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middlescence
middleware
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middleweight
middleweights
middlewoman
middlewomen
middling
middling plantation
middlingly
middlings
middorsal
middst
middy
middy blouse (current term)
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midecamycin 4''-propionyltransferase
midengine
midengined
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midface
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midfeather
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Literary usage of Middy blouse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Clothing for Women; Selection, Design, Construction: A Practical Manual for by Laura Irene Baldt (1916)
"Draft of pattern for A, middy blouse shield; B, middy blouse pocket. 1. ... In what points is the middy blouse similar to the mannish shirt? How different? ..."

2. Shelter and Clothing: A Textbook of the Household Arts by Helen Kinne, Anna Maria Cooley (1913)
"middy blouse 6. Norfolk jacket waist of 2. Shirt waist (simple lingerie) cotton, to be worn with 3. Tailored cotton skirt tailored skirt 4. ..."

3. Household Arts for Home and School by Anna Maria Cooley, Wilhelmina H. Spohr (1920)
"LESSON 48 MAKING THE middy blouse AND RED CROSS GARMENTS The Sunnyside girls have decided to wear middy blouses and white skirts ..."

4. Clothing and Health: An Elementary Textbook of Home Making by Helen Kinne, Anna Maria Cooley (1916)
"LESSON 4 MAKING THE middy blouse The Pleasant Valley girls will make middy blouses and so complete their gymnasium suits. Will you not wish to complete your ..."

5. Household Arithmetic by Katharine Frances Ball, Miriam E. West (1920)
"Make a rule for estimating the amount of material required for a middy blouse. 12. Estimate the cost of the material for a middy blouse for yourself. 13. ..."

6. A Manual of Home-making by Martha Van Rensselaer, Flora Rose, Helen Canon (1919)
"The following materials are suitable: For a middy blouse: middy twill, galatea, poplin, ... For a skirt: Any of the materials suggested for a middy blouse, ..."

7. Everyday Manners for American Boys and Girls by South Philadelphia High School for Girls (1922)
"Many public and private schools suggest as the uniform dress a dark skirt and a washable middy blouse. Such a costume is practical and economical and ..."

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