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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a missus" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used as an informal term to refer to a woman, often in the context of being a wife or partner.
Example: "I asked my friend if she was bringing her missus to the party this weekend."
Alternatives: "a wife" or "a partner".
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Now Mr. Hibbert is back as a missus.
"I'm single at the moment, I don't have any kids, I don't have a missus, but these things can change.
At the age of 33, and after attending seven weddings of friends in quick succession, he feels the time has come "to find a missus".
Getting a missus now feels impossible.
I've got a missus, and we might get married two to three years from now.
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Marko's earthbound trudge makes it seem as if he's dragging a literal ball and chain, not just the baggage of a sick daughter and a cranky missus (Theresa Russell, in and out like the Flash).
But this original BBC version of Roy Minton's play shares plenty of common ground with the subsequent cinematic version – as well as boasting a number of small yet disorientating differences, such as a disturbing scene in which Ray Winstone's Carlin takes a prison "missus".
The first, "Poor Man's Orange," was published in the United States in 1951 as "12 1/2 Plymouth Street," and a prequel, "Missus," was first published in 1985 in Australia.
With her swishy blond hair, girlish giggles and fluttery energy, she is, with somewhat pleasing predictability, the very image of what one would expect of a Rolling Stones missus.
He gave Polo's missus a sewing machine and got a hug.
I guarantee you, in the next five years you'll hear so many things: an ex-serviceman killed his missus; an ex-serviceman killed two people.
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