Definition of "middy blouse" [middy blouse]

• A woman's or child's loose blouse with a sailor collar. (noun)

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• "Tish had taken up æsthetic dancing in March, wearing no stays and a middy blouse and short skirt; and during a fairy dance, where she was to twirl on her right toes, keeping the three other limbs horizontal, she twisted her right lower limb severely."