missus
noun
a variant of missis.
missuses
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pluralof missus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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That's always the way, Miss, I've noticed, when missuses was o' mind to get claar of payin' the honest dues.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 by Various
We lost four sheep last year, and come nigh losing the missuses best cow not long ago.
From Cutlass and Cudgel by J. Schonberg
I'm told the road is black with them--weavers from the Valleys and their missuses, every sort of 'em with a note in his fist!
From Ovington's Bank by Stanley J. Weyman
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
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
