1. Synonyms for Bodice include blouse, pullover, turtleneck, middy, shell, slipover, T-shirt, bodysuit, V-neck and corset

2. ‘the place is a magnet for sleazebags and Booners of every description’ ‘If it is anything like the place in my neck of the woods, it would be full of Booners drinking port out of middy glasses.’

3. She was somewhat shallow of hull and flat in the floor, to give her a light draught of water, but to compensate for this she was extraordinarily "Beamy," which had the twofold effect of imparting great stiffness under canvas, and affording fine roomy decks.A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy