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plural missuses
(colloquial) Wife or girlfriend. quotations examples
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
2006, “Littlest Things”, in Alright, Still, performed by Lily Allen
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.
2013, Jeff Jenkins, Watching The World, Andrews UK Limited
(colloquial) Term of address for a woman. quotations examples
Look ere Missus! Little Joey's me bruvva. E stays wiv me. We aint goin ter be split up.
2013, C. S. Peters, On a Wing and a Prayer, page 161