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  • Les Mis is the one show that is guaranteed to make me weep like a weepy thing that is havaign a good cry.

    sadists write three hour tragic musicals « Magic Lantern Arts 2005

  • She was tellin 'me the day I went there how she disliked to have old Mis' Doubleday come and visit with her, an 'remarked that she called Mis' Doubleday very officious.

    The Passing of Sister Barsett 1996

  • She was tellin 'me the day I went there how she disliked to have old Mis' Doubleday come an 'visit with her, an' remarked that she called Mis 'Doubleday very officious.

    A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches Sarah Orne Jewett 1879

  • The village of Gosalda, a rambling hamlet lying high on the mountain-side, facing Monte Pizzon, Monte Prabello and the valley of the Mis, is reached about two miles farther on.

    Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys 1873

  • "Well, I guess it's pretty middlin ', Mis' Plumfield."

    Queechy 1854

  • "Well, you call her Mis 'Middleton, when you speak of her, with your voice like a buzz-saw, and it ain't because you're high and mighty with me, 'cause you ain't.

    Elsie Marley, Honey Joslyn Gray

  • Originally from New York City, Valentina was trained by Homicide and began her career under the ringname Mis Led a play on the word misled with the Long Island Wrestling Federation and spent a lot of her time honing her skills all over the Northeast indy scene.

    Lizzy Valentine ~~ Sabre ~~ 2007

  • During that time, although I still called Mis 'Mary's my home, I had been out to service in one or two families.

    Documenting the American South: the Southern Experience in 19-th Century America 1909

  • "You called her Mis 'Kelly, didn't you?" gurgled Eben.

    Cape Cod Stories Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

  • I see then her change was comin ', but I didn't call Mis' Begg, nor make no uproar.

    The Foreigner 1900

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