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Definition of Hosses
1. hoss [n] - See also: hoss
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hosses
Literary usage of Hosses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"Oh, I looked to de north an' I looked to de souf, And I saw a mighty charret a
comin', Wsd forty grey hosses a-crackin' on de lead, To take us to de odder ..."
2. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1875)
"hosses is hosses, you know, and likewise, too, jockeys is jockeys ; And 'tain't
ev'ry man as can ride as knows what a boss has got in him. ..."
3. Recollections of President Lincoln and His Administration by Lucius Eugene Chittenden (1904)
"Morgan hosses. You don't often see 'era gray. They are most always bay. ...
Naow, I wouldn't wonder if them hosses might be wuth a couple of hundred ..."
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