Word: hosed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...soon as the first fire engine pulled to a stop on the corner and the smokefighters opened water valves, a gush of muddy water immediately smacked three students in the face. Someone had forgotten to attach the hose...
...When the hose was finally screwed in, it sprung two leaks and scattered spray over 50 more students. Then a tank burst open in another truck and flooded the front seat...
...engine of Hose Truck Number 5 began to boil over. Firefighters lifted the hood and stuck a hose into the water tank. The hose slipped out and bathed about ten more spectators...
...When a movie theater in Angier, N.C. (pop. 1,028) scheduled a sex picture called Mom and Dad ("Bold! Shocking! The Secrets of Sensible Sex"), it was overrun by an unmanageable crowd. Firemen had to wet down the crowd with a hose before the picture could be shown to an all-male audience...
...were a violet sweater, ruby red lipstick, and gray flannel skirt, proving her Harvard fidelity. "I have trouble with my hose," she said, "but my mother didn't send any razor blades...