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middlings
mid·dling M0283400 (mĭd′lĭng, -lĭn)adj.1. Of medium size, position, or quality.2. Mediocre. See Synonyms at average.n.1. Chiefly Southern US a. often middlings Pork or bacon cut from between the ham and shoulder of a pig.b. Salt pork. Also called middling meat.2. middlings Any of various products, such as partially refined petroleum or ore, that are intermediate in quality, size, price, or grade.3. middlings(used with a sing. or pl. verb) Coarsely ground wheat mixed with bran.adv. Informal Fairly; moderately: "a middling nice cake" (Hatfield MA Valley Advocate). [Probably Middle English midlin : mid, mid; see mid1 + -ling, having a quality; see -ling1.] mid′dling·ly adv.middlings (ˈmɪdlɪŋz) pl n1. (Cookery) the poorer or coarser part of flour or other products2. (Commerce) commodities of intermediate grade, quality, size, or price3. (Cookery) chiefly US the part of a pig between the ham and shouldermiddlings
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