Missis

See also: missis

English

Noun

Missis (plural Missises)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of Missus.
    • 1849, [Ellen Wallace], chapter XII, in King’s Cope. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 233:
      Anne took up her embroidery till she was called to the table, and was gossiping with Mrs. Ford about the Lascelles family, when Towser burst suddenly into the room, crying out,—“Come, Missis, bustle about! here comes Master George, bringing in the Duke to breakfast! […]”
    • 1932 December, Tess Slesinger, “Missis Flinders”, in Whit Burnett, Martha Foley, editors, Story, volume II, number 10, Palma, Majorca, →OCLC, page 3:
      “Home you go!” Miss Kane, nodding, in her white nurse’s dress, stood for a moment—she would catch a breath of air—in the hospital door; “and thank you again for the stockings, you needn’t have bothered”—drew a sharp breath and turning, dismissed Missis Flinders from the hospital, smiling, dismissed her forever from her mind.
    • 2014, J. Victor Adamec, “The Lord’s Day After: Sunday, June 28”, in Heir Non-Apparent: A Novel Based on the 2002 Dinner Mystery of the Same Name, Akron, Oh.: 48HrBooks for Ochran Publishers, →ISBN, pages 228, 229, and 243:
      The two mothers were known simply as “Missis” in each other’s households. When someone in the Pope family spoke of a Missis, they knew that it referred to Mrs. Cervik—never anyone else. The same was true in the Cervik house. Missis was always and only Mrs. Pope. […] “Missis, let’s go take a look around Paul’s yard,” Mrs. Pope suggested. […] The two Missises could be heard talking with each other in Slovak some distance ahead.
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