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missis
[ mis-iz, -is ]
noun
- Older Use. wife:
I'll have to ask the missis.
- the mistress of a household.
missis
/ -ɪs; ˈmɪsɪz /
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To this the fat boy, considerably terrified, briefly responded, “Missis.”
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I'll put my missis up to going to the town and getting speech of her, and telling her a bit of her danger.
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When no little voice responded to the call, she went to the sitting-room and said, "Missis, have you seen Tommy?"
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The words Mrs. Lawton most frequently heard were, "It was cruel of missis to take away little Tommy."
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Master went out earlier, and came home later; missis cried more, and looked even paler than before.
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