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- noun Plural form of
hoss .
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Examples
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Them two white hosses is imported fresh from England, 'n' they could n't ha 'cost less' n 'a thousan' dollars apiece, ef they cost a cent.
Oldtown Folks 1869
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Another thing that Charlie recalls about the Yankees coming through, was that they took the saddles off their "old sore back horses", turned them loose, and caught some of Master's fine "hosses", threw the saddles over them and rode away.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration
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Sam had declined upon the latter, and, instead of meter, feet and rhyme, his mind was taken up with "hosses," "gigs" and "straddles."
The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889
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"Order the marshal to call the hosses for the thirty-four trot,
The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Holman Day 1900
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I can drive team, ride, plough, break, do anything that anybody ever done with hosses.
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Kuntz appeared at a Friday night gathering in Highland Park to advise supporters of the fledgling Texas Horse Park that they might want to buy their hosses for the new venture from her boss, German horse magnate Heinrich Ramsbrock.
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Besides, although a Pacific Island setting is definitely more interesting than castles & hosses, I was still not entirely convinced that this was IT.
Character having too much fun mikandra 2008
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October 3, 2008 at 7:51 am wii haz 3 hosses but buckskin 1/4 hosses b mai faborit! her mostly iz a bery nyce freenlee girl, but her does hab an alt…ult…anudder pursunalitee – knoed az “black widow”
Hard to tink of ebil plan - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I mean - unless you're obviously writing about hosses misspelling intentional and clothes, or about modified cars or space ship races, I'm pretty sure both sexes will read pretty much anything.
secrets of writing good dialogue mikandra 2007
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There it stood, with stars and garters hall hover the pannels; the footmin in peach-colored tites; the hosses worth 3 hundred apiece; — and there stood the horrid LINNEN-CART, with
Burlesques 2006
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