Meaning of Mrs Miggins | Babel Free

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Any ordinary woman, especially an older woman.

UK, informal

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“Near-synonym: woman on the street”

“I doubt⟳ that Mrs Miggins on the number⟳ 32 bus cares much about the plight of the yellow woodlouse.”

“Many were the high expectations entertained by fond parents, of the rapid progress⟳ which their darlings would make⟳, when placed under the tuition of the young man from college, that would teach⟳ without whipping, "Old man," said Mrs. Miggins (as I heard) to her husband, a sturdy farmer, "old man, our Jack is a mighty smart boy: I saw⟳ him the other day, when he wanted some cake go to the cupboard, take⟳ a long stick⟳, pull⟳ it down on the floor, and then taking it up, he ran to me and cried out, 'Goodness, mother, look⟳ here what a piece of cake I found on the floor; may'nt I have⟳ it?' He is a mighty clever boy, and neighbor Johnson's son will teach⟳ him every thing that's smart."”

“You can do nothing Evangelical without a tea-meeting. […] Mrs. Griggs and Mrs. Miggins are ready with their donation to your subscription list, but you must give⟳ them the opportunity of drinking Bohea in public before they will disburse.”

“It's all very well trusting users, but what happens if Mrs. Miggins brings in a floppy disk from home with some code on it written by her son.”

“Instead, this government seems to see⟳ a Britain stymied by local vested interests, where our whole economic future is called into question⟳ because Mrs Miggins doesn't want⟳ a motorway through her back garden, or a nuclear power station built next door. […] Its solution is to cut⟳ Mrs Miggins – and anyone else who wants a say⟳ in what happens in their local neighbourhood – out of the process⟳. Instead, big decisions will be taken by an appointed panel of "experts".”

“For a mercifully short period, it felt as though the Today programme was dominated by high-level political debate⟳ over whether Labour could be blamed for the whole thing (in general, government spokesmen were not persuaded by this thesis), or whether Gordon Brown could take⟳ credit for Mr and Mrs Miggins and the Miggins brood getting home in one piece (the direction of this debate⟳ was not unpredictable either).”

“If Tesco want⟳ to invest⟳ and produce⟳ a front-end to interact and deal⟳ with Mrs Miggins and her interaction with Government, why shouldn't they be able to? Tesco don't want⟳ to get⟳ involved in a £1 billion procurement, but they want⟳ more up-sell to Mrs Miggins.”

“[…] Volvo is a motoring minnow. They made around 450,000 cars last⟳ year. […] So Volvo announcing that it's going all electric is going to have⟳ the same effect on the world's carbon emissions as Mrs Miggins turning the thermostat down in her front room.”

“Although asset managers ultimately manage⟳ money for private individuals – a point⟳ which they frequently shorthand by referring to the end⟳ investor under the patronising and arrogant generic term ‘Mrs Miggins’ – very few people working in the firms have⟳ had any contact⟳ with private individuals at all. […] [E]ven in the retail market the very large majority of relationships with end⟳ clients are mediated – it isn’t actually necessary to meet⟳ Mrs Miggins, Mr Miggins or any other members of the Miggins family.”

“From the moment you park⟳ up in a police car outside some little old lady's house, even if it's only to walk⟳ down the road to make⟳ an inquiry at a neighbour's, Mrs. Miggins will be convinced that you're there to tell⟳ her that one of her family has died in some tragic accident.”

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