hosen
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pluralof hose.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
hosenouna flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point.
Example Sentences
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Born in Nieder-Rehback, Austria-Hungary, 69 years ago, Victor Berger attended the Universities of Vienna and Budapest, arrived in the U. S. in 1878 with $75 in his hosen.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He pulled off Robin’s hosen and carried him into the water, holding and dipping him where the current ran deep.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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He opened a large chest and found underlinen and hosen, a hood with a long peak, and a warm cloak.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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The yellow, parchment face, the spare, sinewy body clad in black doublet and hosen, had been seen for a moment by many a forester.
From Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea by Tom Bevan
But for the matins books, sandwiched uncomfortably between gowns and hosen, there is no clue here as to what the Lady Bridget was learning.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power