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  • noun Plural form of midwesterner, an alternative capitalization of Midwesterner.

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Examples

  • Those of us from the midwest do not experience that change and so I always tell people coming here from the midwest to be careful if they expect cheaper living here, its really more of a lateral move for midwesterners.

    Page 2 2009

  • “You betcha,” I say in the folksy, home-spun dialect I grew up speaking two states over, and which I know will ingratiate me with my fellow midwesterners.

    Me and Ezra Pound, Back Home Again in Indiana Con Chapman 2012

  • I always thought it was one of those things midwesterners annoyingly pined for, like Frango mints.

    Coming up short Matthew Guerrieri 2009

  • Tessa thought the “coming out” ceremony in the U.S. was the oddest thing—not something midwesterners could much relate to—until she saw this.

    Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

  • Those of us from the midwest do not experience that change and so I always tell people coming here from the midwest to be careful if they expect cheaper living here, its really more of a lateral move for midwesterners.

    Page 2 2009

  • In a region that rarely slows down in winter conditions, midwesterners are preparing to stay home and are stocking up on emergency supplies.

    US Winter Weather Forces 6,400 Flight Cancellations 2011

  • Those of us from the midwest do not experience that change and so I always tell people coming here from the midwest to be careful if they expect cheaper living here, its really more of a lateral move for midwesterners.

    Page 2 2009

  • Those of us from the midwest do not experience that change and so I always tell people coming here from the midwest to be careful if they expect cheaper living here, its really more of a lateral move for midwesterners.

    Page 2 2009

  • Tessa thought the “coming out” ceremony in the U.S. was the oddest thing—not something midwesterners could much relate to—until she saw this.

    Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

  • Those of us from the midwest do not experience that change and so I always tell people coming here from the midwest to be careful if they expect cheaper living here, its really more of a lateral move for midwesterners.

    Page 2 2009

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