"Good-mornin ', missis; and why are you sittin' out thar, when thar is such a nice cabin to be in?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Six Months in Mexico] Reference

"That's the missis, that is," said Mr. Mardon, in a lower and semi-confidential voice.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Wives' Tale] Reference

I'll be boun 'missis' ll give us an uncommon good bite dis yer time.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Christian Slave: A Drama] Reference

So he and his "missis" muddled on at home with three of the youngest.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Toilers of the Field] Reference

Chuff, he thought as the place had took fire and the missis was a-burning. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Verner's Pride] Reference

His missis is a bit better, and I was to tell him as she took all the tapiocar. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference

He implored me to beg "missis" to forgive him, and I couldn't help taking his part, though.    From Wordnik.com.  [The war-time journal of a Georgia girl, 1864-1865,] Reference

His "missis" turned on her at last, and said, "Lor, miss, that's all the pleasure me an 'my old man got.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Toilers of the Field] Reference

The girl who had come down the stairs with the message from the "missis" was no servant, but Eilert's young wife.    From Wordnik.com.  [Look Back on Happiness] Reference

"However should master have come to know as the missis wouldn't be able to put foot to floor this night, Mr. Ferdinand?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Prophet of Berkeley Square] Reference

His 'missis' didn't take much notice, but he happened to be something of a physiognomist himself, and a face never escaped him.    From Wordnik.com.  [M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur."] Reference

Very likely she found it embarrassing to be called the "missis," and this was why she could neither eat last night nor stay here today.    From Wordnik.com.  [Look Back on Happiness] Reference

"I-- I don't know -- I-- can't tell how it got up," said the unhappy man, who had not even his "missis" in the parlour as a moral support.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Perpetual Curate] Reference

"missis," and what a good creature she was, and finally announced himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Christian A Story] Reference

"missis" and the squire's "missis" came the other day about that youngest boy of his.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Toilers of the Field] Reference

"Mah missis en marster wuz Polly en Randall Brown.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives] Reference

Marse Chan din 'warn' go, an 'ole missis begged' im off.    From Wordnik.com.  [Short Stories for English Courses] Reference

I 'member my missis had me bound to her when I was twelve.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4] Reference

Yes ma'am, my young missis used to set down and work on me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4] Reference

The missis is quite nicely this morning, and wants to see you.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Me and Nobbles'] Reference

"Wondah whose brat dat ar 'dat missis bringin' home wid her?" said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clotelle: a Tale of the Southern States] Reference

Boord's door vor a longful time, bin I thawt that missis did'n use.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire] Reference

"O missis! why didn't you let me take Tommy with me" exclaimed she.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866] Reference

"Can I 'ave the arternoon off to see a bloke abaht a job fer my missis?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers] Reference

"However shall I tell my poor little missis," said John, wiping his eyes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference

Ole missis she jes 'drapt down on her knees in de mud an' prayed out loud.    From Wordnik.com.  [Short Stories for English Courses] Reference

"Tea's ready, missis," said Margaret, appearing suddenly in the parlor door.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre.] Reference

Bawn in slavery en mah marster wuz Isham Lamb en mah missis wuz Martha Lamb.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives] Reference

"You come see me die, missis?" she questioned, in her soft, languorous voice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference

Wouldn't give old missis anything; try to make her tell where the money was though.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4] Reference

She and the old nurse had only been known to him as the young missis and the old missis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cord and Creese] Reference

Anny ways theer's no danger of a brush coming anigh 'em while the young missis says 'No.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aunt Rachel] Reference

"missis sell baby to me for two years; baby belong all to me; missis no touch, no speak.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference

"I doan jes 'zactly know mahself, but I dun hear my missis say he am a full-blood Sam Bernard.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers] Reference

Ef you'll help me to git away from my massa an 'missis, I'll agree to be good; but ef you don't help me, I really don't think I can be.    From Wordnik.com.  [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference

"Dat white nigger'll soon be brack enuff if missis keeps her workin 'out dar," she said, as she wiped the perspiration from her sooty brow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clotelle; or, the Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; or, the President's Daughter] Reference