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middling(2)(dictionary)
middling(dictionary)
Middling - General(gambling)

middling(2) (iou)



middling noun. LME.
[Prob. orig. from MID adjective + -LING1; later, the adjective used absol.]
a. A middle or intermediate part. LME-E17.
b. A mediocre or average person or thing. Freq. in among the middlings, of a mediocre class. Chiefly dial. L19.
A medium-sized pin. rare. M16.
In pl. Goods, esp. flour, cotton, or minerals, which have been sorted according to quality into the second of three grades. M18.
= MIDDLE noun 3b. US. L18.