- missus
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or missis
noun
Etymology: alteration of mistress
Date: 1790
1. dialect mistress 1a
2. wife <men spend money on themselves, but argue over every dime the missus wants — W. A. Lydgate>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
missus
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missus — • bit of a lad s term for the wife, usually the missus. i.e. I can t come dahn the pub, the missus will go mental … Londonisms dictionary
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missus — /ˈmɪsəs/ (say misuhs), / səz/ (say suhz) noun Colloquial 1. a wife 2. a. the mistress of a household. b. the wife of the owner of a rural property: to ask the missus for some tea and sugar. 3. (a term of address, without a name, for a woman):… …
