middern.

Brit.

/ˈmɪdə/, U.S.

/ˈmɪdər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: midwife n., midwifery n., -er suffix³.

Etymology: < mid- (in midwife n. or midwifery n.) + -er suffix³.

Medicine slang (chiefly British).

A midwifery case, a delivery of a child (more fully midder case); (also) midwifery.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > childbirth or delivery > by midwife

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delivery1719

midder1909

1909 A. M. N. Lyons Sixpenny Pieces iii. 23 It was no good waiting breakfast for Fatty..because Fatty's ‘call’ was a ‘midder’.

1931 ‘F. Iles’ Malice Aforethought iv. 78 Dr. Bickleigh was wishing that a call would reach him.., a midder-case even.

1937 A. J. Cronin Citadel ii. vii. 153 We can't go! I've got a positive conviction I'm having a midder case next Sunday evening!

1948 M. Allingham More Work for Undertaker xxiv. 279 You've got a midder, you say, doctor?

1965 M. Polland Thicker than Water (1967) iii. 29 Although he..did his medicine in Edinburgh, he came here to the Rotunda for his midder.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	midder
释义	middern. Brit. /ˈmɪdə/, U.S. /ˈmɪdər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: midwife n., midwifery n., -er suffix³. Etymology: < mid- (in midwife n. or midwifery n.) + -er suffix³. Medicine slang (chiefly British). A midwifery case, a delivery of a child (more fully midder case); (also) midwifery. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > childbirth or delivery > by midwife midwifinga1382 delivery1719 midder1909 1909 A. M. N. Lyons Sixpenny Pieces iii. 23 It was no good waiting breakfast for Fatty..because Fatty's ‘call’ was a ‘midder’. 1931 ‘F. Iles’ Malice Aforethought iv. 78 Dr. Bickleigh was wishing that a call would reach him.., a midder-case even. 1937 A. J. Cronin Citadel ii. vii. 153 We can't go! I've got a positive conviction I'm having a midder case next Sunday evening! 1948 M. Allingham More Work for Undertaker xxiv. 279 You've got a midder, you say, doctor? 1965 M. Polland Thicker than Water (1967) iii. 29 Although he..did his medicine in Edinburgh, he came here to the Rotunda for his midder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1909
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