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How to use missus in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun

Missus means wife or girlfriend. Example: “Harry said he couldn't stop and chat because his missus wanted to go shopping.”

Examples of missus by meaning

nounWife or girlfriend.

  • 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.
  • I thought there might be trouble with the missus if I engaged a one-time murderer as nursemaid.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 208

nounTerm of address for a woman.

  • 'Scuse me missus, but your petticoat's showing.
  • Look ere Missus!2013, C. S. Peters, On a Wing and a Prayer, page 161

More sentences with missus

  • All right, mate, how are things with you and the missus?From the entry all right
  • I can't stay too late at the pub, otherwise I'll get a load of earache from the missus.From the entry earache
  • I didn't get home until two in the morning, and me missus got herself into a right two and eight over it!From the entry two and eight
  • I’ll tell you a secret if you promise not to tell anybody, not even the missus, m’kay?1999, Tom Bradley, Black Class Cur http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=Fdo3ky2yq-sC&pg=PA179&lpg=PA179&sig=PGLARdInWR86z9kI3MQaQKe5G9s. From the entry m'kay
  • You can't beat hot ale an' ginger, missus, for a cowd.1982, Fred Kitchen, Life on the Land, page 37. From the entry mustard plaister
  • I wouldn't like the missus to be a widder: she's too darn good-lookin'."1920, Marie Conway Oemler, The Purple Heights. From the entry widder
  • 'Tell'er yu'll gi' 'er a bottle ov rum, missus' insinuated Nungi interestedly.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry interestedly
  • That was an idea knived up with a friend of mine and his missus and my girlfriend at the time.1985, Manfred Ambrosius, “The Philosopher’s Tale”, in Jane Turner, Bob Jardine, Pioneer Tales: A New Life in Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes…. From the entry knive up
  • Nicked the bloomin' lot 'e did--and me with not a farden to take 'ome to my brother and his missus.'1904, E. Nesbit, The Phoenix and the Carpet. From the entry farden
  • Why, I'll put each of those birds under a contract that will keep you and the missus on Easy Street the rest of your lives.1938, Florence and Richard Atwater, Mr. Popper's Penguins, page 138. From the entry easy street

Meaning of missus

  1. noun Wife or girlfriend.
  2. noun Term of address for a woman.

Full definition of missus

Questions about missus in a sentence

How do you use missus in a sentence?
Missus is used as a noun. For example: “Harry said he couldn't stop and chat because his missus wanted to go shopping.”
What is a short sentence with missus?
“Look ere Missus!”
What does missus mean?
Missus means wife or girlfriend.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: missus (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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