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missus
noun- a wife AUSTRALIA, 1833
A phonetic rendering of “Mrs”; ultimately from “mistress”. Always modified as either “the missus”, or “my”, “your”, “his missus”. - Been doin’ the housework fer the missus. She’s crook again. — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 90, 1957
- Look, the boss is all right. So’s his missus. — Arthur Upfield, Bony and the Mouse, p. 50, 1959
- Him and his missus hit town six months ago. Ten minutes after they got in, she slipped her thirteenth. — Walter Gill, Petermann Journey, p. 14, 1968
- Therefore we are not permitted to love the missus of the bloke next door. — John O’Grady, Aussie Etiket, p. 49, 1971
- [H]e’s half thinking about having a bet or a bevvy [drink] or going home to give his missus stick. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 91, 2001
- the “woman of the house” on a country property AUSTRALIA, 1836
- I thought there might be trouble with the missus if I engaged a one-time murderer as nursemaid. — Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, p. 208, 1947
- “What–because of Sid? Don’t be silly.” “No. ‘cos of the missus comin’ back.” — Jean Brooks, The Opal Witch, p. 59, 1967
- The cowboy’s boss was usually the missus[.] — Herb Wharton, Cattle Camp, p. 76, 1994
- lady; madam UK, 1861
Used as a term of address to an unknown woman. - [A]ll of a sudden Joe stopped and let out a roaring fart and said “It’s all right, missus, it was only wind.” — Sam Weller, Old Bastards I Have Met, p. 131, 1979
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