middling sort

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middling sort

noun middling sorts

The middle class, especially in 18th-century Britain. On the contrary: ever since the decline of the music halls, theatre had been the purview of the middling sort—even when the subject matter was ostensibly proletarian.
Similar: middling class

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@misc{middling_sort_2026,
  title = {middling sort},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/middling%20sort},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}