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 3. (Old Cant).—A finger.

Middle-cut, subs. (Winchester College).—See quot. and Dispar.

1866. Mansfield, School Life, p. 84. There were eight [portions] to a leg of mutton  the thick slice out of the centre of the leg was called a middle cut.

Middle-finger (or Leg), subs. (venery).—The penis. For synonyms see Creamstick and Prick.

Middle-gate, subs. (venery).—1. The female pudendum. For synonyms see Monosyllable.

1692. Gentlemen's Journal, Aug., p. 8. You must as cautionary [an earnest] give a gate—that middle gate which leads to th' seat of bliss.

Middle-kingdom, subs. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms see Monosyllable.

Middle-match. See Match.

Middle-mess, subs. (Winchester College).—See Mess.

Middle-piece, subs. (common).—The stomach. For synonyms see Victualling-office. Also middle-pie and middle-storey.

1675. Crowne, Country Wit, iv. 1. I'll lodge a cudgel in your middle-storey backward.

1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v.

Middling, adv. (colloquial).—Tolerably; moderately.

1869. H. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 31. Wal, I don't jedge him nor nobody Don't none on us do more than middlin' well?

Phr. (tailors').—'I don't think so.' 'I don't believe what you say.'

Middy. See Mid.

Midge, subs. (provincial).—A small one-horse carriage used in the Isle of Wight.

Midge-net, subs. (common).—A lady's veil.

Midget, subs. (colloquial).—Anything small of its kind; e.g., a sprightly child.

1869. H. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 177. Now you know Parson Kendall's a little midget of a man.

Midlands, subs. phr. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms see Monosyllable.

Midnight, subs. (American).—Sarsparilla. Midnight without = sarsparilla without ice.

As white as midnight's arse-hole, phr. (old).—As black as may be.

1557-8. Jacob & Esau [Dodsley, Old Plays (1874), ii. 253]. As white as midnight's arse-hole or virgin pitch.

Midshipman's-half-pay, subs. (nautical).—See quot. and Monkey's Allowance.

1856. C. Kingsley, Letters [3rd abridged ed. 1879], May. You fellows worked like bricks, spent money, and got midshipman's half-pay (nothing a-day and find yourself) and monkey's allowance (more kicks than halfpence).

Midshipman's-nuts, subs. (nautical).—Broken biscuit, eaten by way of dessert.

Midshipman's Watch and Chain, subs. phr. (old).—See quot.

1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. a sheep's heart and pluck.

Midshipmite, subs. (colloquial).—A diminutive midshipman.