Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An old plural of hose.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural Archaic See hose.

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  • noun Plural form of hose.

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Examples

  • He regained his footing and bolted after her, his loose hosen slipping down one hip.

    Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010

  • The doublet was so large that it was more like a cape with sleeves and the hosen so loose that they threatened to fall to the floor.

    Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010

  • The doublet was so large that it was more like a cape with sleeves and the hosen so loose that they threatened to fall to the floor.

    Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010

  • Her gaze flickered over him, resting on the knotted hosen.

    Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010

  • Her gaze flickered over him, resting on the knotted hosen.

    Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010

  • He regained his footing and bolted after her, his loose hosen slipping down one hip.

    Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010

  • He regained his footing and bolted after her, his loose hosen slipping down one hip.

    Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010

  • Her gaze flickered over him, resting on the knotted hosen.

    Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010

  • The doublet was so large that it was more like a cape with sleeves and the hosen so loose that they threatened to fall to the floor.

    Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010

  • As the years passed and I continued to more or less observe how RP promoted (blurbed), perhaps even sat on juries or made phone calls (Many of his hosen got published with University of Chicago and/or won Whiting Awards), I began to see RP in a new light.

    on the ground in berlin : Jeffrey McDaniel : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

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