missus
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The monster’s missus comes with as much narrative anticipation as Godot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
The worst time I had was always when I was alone, before the game in the hotel or when my missus or my family were not around.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
"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."
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
"We are looking forward to doing it. I said I would go up to £50,000 and my missus said 'oh just put a little extra'," he added.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024
I tried everything, missus, every known cure on God’s lovely earth.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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
If we capsized yew we should capsize ourselves too, and what’s more, our missuses at home, and that wouldn’t do.
From To The West by George Manville Fenn
My wife and daughter are timid, and the servant-girl takes after her missuses.
From The Queen of Hearts by Wilkie Collins
“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
My wife and daughter are timid, and the servant girl takes after her missuses.
From The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English by Egerton Castle
