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Word: hoses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Firemen Wrestle Tiny Blaze In Chimney as Mob Exults | 12/16/1948 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Firemen Wrestle Tiny Blaze In Chimney as Mob Exults | 12/16/1948 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Firemen Wrestle Tiny Blaze In Chimney as Mob Exults | 12/16/1948 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Nov. 29, 1948 | 11/29/1948 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clothes Make the 'Woman' | 11/9/1948 | See Source »

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