Meaning of middle child | Babel Free

Definitions

In an immediate family containing three children, the child who is neither the oldest nor the youngest.

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Examples

“I was the middle child of three, but there was a gap of five years on either side, and I barely saw my father before I was eight. For this and other reasons I was somewhat lonely.”

“As a middle child, you're not Mommy's big girl nor her little boy; you're just there.”

“Elliott [is] the forgotten 10-year-old middle child between a teenager with a lot of friends and a precocious golden girl.”

“My husband is the classic middle child, the peacemaker often overlooked by his parents.”

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