Meanings
nounmiddy blouse (plural middy blouses)
plural middy blouses
- A blouse with a sailor collar, as worn by women and children.
Schoolgirls are a perennial bloom in Japanese erotology, because of their distinctive uniforms, middy blouses, pleated skirts and black stockings, clearly designed by Colette's first husband.
1971, Angela Carter, “Once More into the Mangle”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 300
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