missus
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The monster’s missus comes with as much narrative anticipation as Godot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
The worst time I had was always when I was alone, before the game in the hotel or when my missus or my family were not around.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
"I said to my missus 'I'll never work at Piccadilly whilst Andy's there because his soul show was just excellent'".
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
Danny Dyer is back on the big screen with a film about a bloke trying to win back his missus.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2025
You’ll have to write to the Pope, missus, to find out what year this child was born in and I’ll save this dress for next year.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
There are many skippers' missuses, but only one mother of Georgina, Jane, and Cornelius James.
From A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions by Bartimeus
“Oh,” said the woman sharply, “this is no time far ma’aming and bowing and scraping; servants and missuses is all human beings together when they’re in trouble, and folks don’t make no difference between them.”
From A Double Knot by George Manville Fenn
“The missuses a-goin’ to a dinner, of course?
From Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches by George Manville Fenn
My wife and daughter are timid, and the servant-girl takes after her missuses.
From The Queen of Hearts by Wilkie Collins
New missuses don’t generally get on with old servants like us—that’s been in the family 46 for so many years—but when they don’t, it ain’t them as gets notice.”
From The Dust Flower by Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren) Kline
