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hosey

/hoh-zee/US // ˈhoʊ zi //

软管,软管的,袜业,袜业公司

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ho·seyed, ho·sey·ing.Informal.New England.

    • : to choose sides, as in a children's game.

Examples

  • Hosey Brewster looked down at his own big bulk, then around the great furnace room.

  • It was Hosey Lynch, then, for I saw him running like mad through the town, spreading the news everywhere.

  • But ideota probably simply means unlearned here, and in the case of Agnes Hosey, below p. 33.

  • "Mrs. Miles Creegan, the other brother's widow," said Hosey, lathering away and talking with breathless rapidity.

  • "You're finished now, Captain," said Hosey, presenting him with a small cracked looking-glass.

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