middlings

  1. Noun.  (cooking) Low grade or coarse flour; coarse wheat mixed with bran.
  2. Noun.  (cooking, chiefly) The part of a pig between the shoulder and the ham.
  3. Noun.  (business) Partially refined ore or petroleum.
  4. Noun.  (business) Commodities that are of intermediate price, size or quality.

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