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English
Noun
Hoss
- Alternative letter-case form of hoss (Southern US term of address for a man).
How's it going, Hoss?
Anagrams
Hunsrik
- hoos (Wiesemann spelling)
Etymology
From Middle High German hose, from Old High German hosa, from Proto-West Germanic *hosā.
Cognate with German Hose.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhos/
- Rhymes: -os
- Syllabification: Hoss
Noun
Hoss f (plural Hosse, diminutive Hossje)
- trousers, pants
die Hosse aandun- to wear the trousers
Du mol die nasse Hosse aus!- Take off those wet pants!
References
- André Kuster-Cid, Eduardo Fausto Kuster Cid (2018) “calça”, in Dicionário renano-hunsrik: português (in Portuguese), Vitória: Cousa, →ISBN, page 36, column 2
- Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Hoss”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 79, column 2