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midtale

midtale noun: the middle of a story.

Noun

midtale (uncountable)

  1. The middle of a story
    • "Where's the picture of my mother-in-law?" he barks in midtale, and a bartender hustles off to look for it.1988 January 22, Jack Hayes, “Pizza Man”, in Chicago Reader

Origin of midtale

From mid- + tale.

Questions about midtale

What does midtale mean?
Midtale means the middle of a story.
What part of speech is midtale?
Midtale is a noun.

Words near midtale in the dictionary

  1. midsyllable
  2. midsystole
  3. midsystolic
  4. Midt-Telemark
  5. midtable
  6. midtale
  7. midtap
  8. midtarsal
  9. midteen
  10. midteens
  11. midtempo

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