hoser

plural hosers

1. One who operates a hose, e.g. a fire hose or a garden hose.

   […] they found one of the neighbors hosing down the area. He was pretty resistant when the cops told him to turn off the hose. The hoser gave the cops a statement, […]

   2010, Rosalind Noonan, In a Heartbeat, →ISBN, page 34

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   Membership [in early Russian fire departments] included the mayor, a retired general, a teacher at a school for artists, a merchant, at least sixteen duma members, and teams of hosers, climbers, and security guards.

   2011, Nigel Raab, Democracy Burning?: Urban Fire Departments and the Limits of Civil Society, →ISBN

2. slangOne that hoses, i.e. hurts someone badly.

   All three of these are blue-hosers. Every color in Magic has cards specifically designed to hurt it. Against many of the hosers, you can't really do much; the best strategy is simply not to rely too much on a single color.

   1997, Beth Moursund, The Official Magic: The Gathering : Strategies & Secrets, →ISBN, page 179

3. CanadaslangA person (especially a farmer) who siphons gasoline out of a vehicle or piece of equipment.
4. CanadaslangA person who hoses down a lake after a game of ice hockey, to return it to a smooth state.
5. CanadaslangA clumsy, boorish person, especially an over-eating, beer-drinking man, or a man prone to petty infractions such as taking other people's food or drinks.

   We bet you know lots of hosers, eh. And you want to help them not be hosers.

   1985, Canadian Dimension, volume 19, page 94

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   This brings me to the second, more interesting genre of Canadian TV drama, one focused on what can be summarized as “hosers, whores, boozers, and losers.”

   2012, Canadian Television: Text and Context, →ISBN, page ix

   As we laughed, we passed a table of scowling hosers and they gave our chortles an extra boost. They were beginning to come to terms with the notion that family resorts are not known for their abundance of poontang […]

   2013, The Death of Cool: From Teenage Rebellion to the Hangover, →ISBN

6. derogatoryslangA Canadian.

   Synonyms: Canuck