"missie" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: missies [plural]
Etymology: From miss + -ie. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|miss|ie}} miss + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} missie (plural missies)
  1. (informal) A young woman; miss. Tags: informal

Inflected forms

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          "text": "An' that's why they took me, missie, that's why they took me.'\nPerspectives: A Course in Narrative Comprehension and Composition By Cecil Gray"
        },
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          "ref": "1952, C. S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader:",
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