marm poosey, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

marm poosey n.

also marm-puss

[SE ma’am + pussy n., orig. tailors’ use marm-pussy, one’s wife]

a flashily dressed public house landlady.

1823		‘Jon Bee’ Dict. of Turf etc. 161: A bob to the ken, a bender for the slavey, Marm Puss, nix.
1909		(ref. to 1863) in J. Ware Passing Eng. of the Victorian Era.