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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

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

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

Of this termination we have evident remains in the words oxen, hosen, shoon, eyne, words more or less antiquated.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

He has not got the right kind of legs for parti-coloured hosen, someway.”

From Olive in Italy by Dalton, Moray