Meaning of missus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Wife or girlfriend.
   colloquial
2. Mrs, a form of address for a married woman.
   informal
3. Term of address for a woman.
   colloquial

Equivalents

Examples

“Harry said he couldn't stop⟳ and chat because his missus wanted to go shopping.”

“The missus has a list of chores for me to do this weekend.”

“Sometimes I find⟳ myself sitting back and reminiscing / Especially when I have⟳ to watch⟳ other people kissing / And I remember⟳ when you started calling me your missus / All the play⟳ fighting, all the flirtatious disses”

“Imagine⟳ you have⟳ driven past a restaurant and thought to yourself, 'That would be a nice place⟳ to take⟳ the missus for an evening out,' and in no time at all you have⟳ found yourself flicking through the Yellow Pages in search⟳ of the phonenumber.”

“'Scuse me missus, but your petticoat's showing.”

“Look⟳ ere Missus! Little Joey's me bruvva. E stays wiv me. We aint goin ter be split⟳ up.”

“She [Mary] next went into service on a farm at Welcombe; there was the Boss, the Missus, two young children and Mary, the only servant.”

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