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midshipmite

noun

midshipmite

noun

Etymology Blend of midshipman + mite?

1

Nautical, Transport Archaic, Slang A little or petty midshipman.

  • CHAPTER VII. In which our hero and Gascoigne ought to be ashamed of themselves, and did feel, what might be called midshipmite compunction.1836, [Frederick Marryat], “In which our hero and Gascoigne ought to be ashamed of themselves, and did feel, what might be called midshipmite compunction”, in Mr. Midshipman Easy […], volume III, London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, page 127:

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