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Meanings of middlin in English

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Usage of middlin in English
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We was both middlin' sorry, in a manner of speaking, to clear out.
Robbery under Arms / A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush a...
2
I know the country, and I can make a middlin' good livin' there.
Cast Upon the Breakers
3
I had bully breakfast at Rock Spring middlin' late this morning.
The Desert and the Sown
4
I ain't seen nobody round, but a sorter middlin' ol' woman.
The Case and the Girl
5
We've heard better, an' worse, an' middlin'-there'sben such contradictory reports.
The Imperialist
6
When I'm fair to middlin' he's in the dinin' room.
Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man
7
Then there was yo' Cousin Nelly Harrison-shemarried badly, or only middlin' well anyway.
Life and Gabriella: The Story of a Woman's Courage
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We weren't likely to have anything to ride that wasn't middlin' fast and plucky.
Robbery under Arms / A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush a...
9
An' go off middlin' wal for drinks, when ther' 's a knife behind 'em:
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 / A Magaz...
10
They could see my knuckles clenched middlin' firm-andso they stoppit to think about it.
Patsy
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The wind he were middlin' high an' gusty, too.
Sweetapple Cove
12
So if you've got grit and be middlin' fit
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 7, 1917
13
Because, if you ain't, you'll find yourself in a middlin' bad box before very long.
Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12...
14
It's warm to-day, and the ground's middlin' dry.
Driven Back to Eden
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I decided they were fair to middlin'.
One for the money
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It takes the good an' middlin' an' the rotten bad uns too;
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 21, 1920
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