22 Metaphors for miss

Fer Mis' 'Livy is my ole mist'ess's daughter, an' my ole mist'ess wuz good ter

(Old Mis' was de bes'.)

' "Old Mis' was a-standin' right b'hin' me.

The "King's Misses" is the oldest use of it I can remember.

He left a fortune which was not contemptible: £33,000 of it were to go to Mie-Mieby this time a young ladyand as the Duke of Queensberry, at his death, left her no less than £150,000, Miss was by no means a bad match for Lord Yarmouth.

No further detail could I elicit from him save that his Mistress was "not fleshily inclahned," and that Little Miss was "sweetah'n honey on a rag!"

"I should distrust the quality of such comfort, sir," she said, with point; "but, are the rooms at all comparable with the rooms in Apsley House, for instance?" "My dear Miss, Apsley House is a toll-gate lodge, compared to this mansion!

" "And, Aunt Linda, what did you do?" "Oh, honey, I war jis' ready to crack my sides larffin, jis' to see what a long face Jinny puts on wen ole Miss is talkin', an' den to see dat face wen missus' back is turned, why it's good as a circus.

"'Specs little Miss is powerful lonesum 'thout Mass Lennux?"

It seemed, indeed, opportune to remember at the moment that, while this alleged Little Miss was the daughter of Miss Caroline, she was likewiseand even more palpably, as I could note by fugitive swift glimpses of her facethe daughter of a gentleman whose metal had been often tried; one who had won his reputation as much by self-possession under difficulties as by the militant spirit that incurred them.

T' misses is in there wi' t' lil uns.

"At your destination, miss," was the answer.

" "And, Aunt Linda, what did you do?" "Oh, honey, I war jis' ready to crack my sides larffin, jis' to see what a long face Jinny puts on wen ole Miss is talkin', an' den to see dat face wen missus' back is turned, why it's good as a circus.

" Miss SEWARD:"That would be Hercules with the distaff indeed!" JOHNSON:"No, Madam.

" "Ole miss ain't gwine ter do nuffin' to him," said Isham, in a gruff and troubled tone.

" "'A miss is as good as a mile,' Lina.

By the way, Miss, is that policeman doing setting-up exercises or motioning us to move on?

"... Miss is a bigot, but a very sincere one.

As he did so, he recalled the fact that he had but a single charge, and that, as a consequence, a miss would be the death-warrant of himself as well as of his child.

An' I know it's orful funny to see how straight Jinny's face looks wen she's almos' ready to bust, while ole Miss is frettin' and fumin' 'bout dem Yankees an' de war.

Ole Miss was jis' tryin to skeer a body.

"Miss" is a nickname not two centuries old; came in at about the Restoration.

22 Metaphors for  miss