middlings

/ ˈmɪdlɪŋz /

plural noun

1. the poorer or coarser part of flour or other products
2. commodities of intermediate grade, quality, size, or price
3. the part of a pig between the ham and shoulder

Example Sentences

The smell was delicious—warm milk, potato skins, wheat middlings, Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, and a popover left from the Zuckermans’ breakfast.

From Literature

The elite -- those who've won awards, broken box office records, sold successful franchises--are often welcomed back even as newbies like Nate Parker or middlings like Lindsay Lohan are cut loose. 

From Los Angeles Times

A visitor to the Illinois prairie in 1831 noted that the pioneers “make bacon of hams shoulders and middlings.”

From Washington Post

The hams should be salted first, the shoulders next, and the middlings last, which may be piled up two feet above the top of the trough or tub.

From Project Gutenberg

Mangold-wurtzel, swedes, or other turnips, boiled with a very small quantity of water, until quite soft, and then thickened with the very best middlings or meal, is the very best soft food, especially for Dorkings.

From Project Gutenberg