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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In rushed a host of peelers, With a sergeant at the head, Jaggard to every kitchen known, Of missuses the dread.
From Cambridge Pieces by Samuel Butler
“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
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
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
Ay, but we missuses have but a sorry time!”
From Patience Wins War in the Works by George Manville Fenn
