colloq. Obs. [f. SPOUSE sb. + -Y3.] A humorous diminutive of SPOUSE.
1797. Mrs. M. Robinson, Walsingham, IV. 337. The joiner will fly off in a tangent, and you’ll get no spousy after all.
1801. Times, 11 Nov., 2/3. The Peace is very unpopular with the Lawyers’ and Citizens’ wives, because spousy and footman must pull the cockades out of their hats.
1818. Blackw. Mag., III. 533. They made Braun’s spousy … appear a perfect skeleton.
