missis
Americannoun
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Older Use. wife.
I'll have to ask the missis.
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the mistress of a household.
noun
Etymology
Origin of missis
First recorded in 1780–90; variant of mistress
Example Sentences
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The headline reads, “Piping the Aldi mayo into the same Hellman’s bottle we’ve had for a year so the missis will not know she’s a commoner.”
From Fox News ● Sep. 24, 2019
“This is when I started driving the missis crazy, because I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up,” Dupre said.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2014
Yep, he and the missis were planning to take a vacation.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Ay, poor fellow—he's gone, missis," and the old lady shook her head.
From The White Peacock by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
So you know, missis, me forced to go; so me come to town wid me daughter, and me lib wid she, for me can do but lilly work now.”
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
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