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fair to middlin'

fair to middlin' is the alternative form of fair to middling.

Meaning of fair to middling

Adjective

fair to middling (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic, usually hyphenated when placed before noun) Only tolerably good; somewhat favorable.
    • "O'er Waiting Harpstrings of the Mind" is pretty good, quite fair to middling—the whole seven of the stanzas—but repetition would be certain to take the excitement out of it in the course of time.1907, Mark Twain, chapter 7, in Christian Science
    Synonyms:
    adequate, OK, tolerable

Questions about fair to middlin'

What is fair to middlin' the alternative form of?
Fair to middlin' is the alternative form of fair to middling.

Words near fair to middlin' in the dictionary

  1. fair suck of the pineapple
  2. fair suck of the sauce bottle
  3. fair suck of the sauce stick
  4. fair suck of the sav
  5. fair to meddling
  6. fair to middlin'
  7. fair to middling
  8. fair trade
  9. fair trades
  10. fair trial
  11. fair trials

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