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missis

[ mis-iz, -is ]

noun

  1. Older Use. wife:

    I'll have to ask the missis.

  2. the mistress of a household.


missis

/ -ɪs; ˈmɪsɪz /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of missus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of missis1

First recorded in 1780–90; variant of mistress
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Example Sentences

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One mixes the fizzes and the other fixes the missis.

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If the missis happened to show up at his place of employment while he was cruising on his secret bike, Frank’s employees would text him the code “666.”

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“Lucha libre is a therapy. Instead of yelling at the missis when they arrive home, or at the mother-in-law, they arrive calm. They already yelled at the wrestlers,” he added with a chuckle.

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“You just have to beat the missis!” someone shouted.

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“This is when I started driving the missis crazy, because I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up,” Dupre said.

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