missus
Americannoun
noun
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informal one's wife or the wife of the person addressed or referred to
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an informal term of address for a woman
Etymology
Origin of missus
C19: spoken version of Mistress
Example Sentences
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"Me and my missus were both jumping around in our flat, it was great times," he remembered.
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“I was just waiting until the missus was done with the ladder,” he explained gruffly.
From Literature
"Just then, Prince Andrei rocked up to Anna's joint. He was the pregnant sheila's hubby. Like his missus, he was pretty good looking himself."
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Danny Dyer is back on the big screen with a film about a bloke trying to win back his missus.
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It's becoming a hard watch now so I'm binging Traitors with the missus and the dog instead.
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