Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The mistress of a household.
- noun Used as a term of reference by a man of his wife.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
missis .
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- noun
Wife .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun informal term of address for someone's wife
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Unfortunately, the missus is a native Northern Virginian, so she wants to stay relatively close.
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He has nineteen hundred acres all paid for, and him and the missus is always talkin 'about it.
The Second Chance 1910
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Sadly I bought two XLs which are too big but will get passed on, the missus is using one as a nightie.
When The Feeling’s Right, Now. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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Did you laugh down the phone to Mr Bank Manager & tell him his missus is Friar-Tucked?
Friday Night In Out-Patients « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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Apparently the missus is cooking a proper meal tonight - roast pork and veggies.
The One With The Missus kisobel 2006
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And this year even the missus is coming to complete it all.
Not going smiting... zornhau 2006
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Turnip an hed bit it by de time I git back dar en I called my missus en she come en made me eat de rest of de turnip en my face enall swelled up en my eyes war closed foh days.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Kentucky Narratives Work Projects Administration
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I finally got Little King's Story yesterday, and the missus is away this weekend: -)
Kings and Kings SVGL 2009
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And when Father O’Táighléir chanced by one time, collecting for the Chinese missions, he said, “A word missus,” and was off explaining how the Volunteers were decent honest Catholic sons of Ireland and of the Church, whose leaders in the tradition of this sainted isle were poets as much as gentlemen.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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And when Father O’Táighléir chanced by one time, collecting for the Chinese missions, he said, “A word missus,” and was off explaining how the Volunteers were decent honest Catholic sons of Ireland and of the Church, whose leaders in the tradition of this sainted isle were poets as much as gentlemen.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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