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missie en · NOUN

Etymology

From miss + -ie.

Meanings

1. (informal) A young woman; miss.
   • "Well, then, to put it in a nutshell," said the Chief Voice, "we've been waiting for ever so long for a nice little girl from foreign parts, like it might be you, Missie—that would go upstairs and go to the magic book and find the spell that takes off the invisibleness, and say it. […]" 1952, C. S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader:
   • An' that's why they took me, missie, that's why they took me.' Perspectives: A Course in Narrative Comprehension and Composition By Cecil Gray

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