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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