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Green’s Dictionary of Slang

hose n.³

[? ho n.¹ (6) or hose v.² (3a)]

(US campus) a promiscuous woman.

1982		Eble Campus Sl. Spring 4: hosebag, hose – girl who is expected to participate in ‘one-night stands’.
1989		P. Munro Sl. U.

In compounds

hosebag (n.) (also hose wagon) [+ ? pun, she is a ‘bag’ for the male hose n.¹ (1)]

1. (orig. US campus) a derog. term for a promiscuous woman.

1931		(con. 1918) E.W. Springs Rise and Fall of Carol Banks 158: You can spend the afternoon and evening with one of these hose wagons, and she’ll never ask you your name [...] and why you’re in town alone.
1979		Eble Campus Sl. Mar. 4: hosebag – a sexually promiscuous female.
1983		Eble Campus Sl. Mar. 3: hozebag – as 1979; Also can be used jokingly and affectionately among females who are friends as a term of address. Hey, hoze!. Hozebag, what are you doing here?
1985		Eble Campus Sl. Apr. 5: hose bag – female of questionable reputation.
1994		J. Wambaugh Finnegan’s Week 51: He thought about that junkie hose-bag and wondered if he should get a blood test.
1995		Howard Stern Miss America 17: That fucking bitch. I just wasted an hour seducing this hosebag and she has a fucking headache?
2002		J. Grisham Summons 61: What about that hosebag who ditched you? [...] I hated that bitch even at your wedding.

2. (US campus) an unattractive person, often female.

1981		Eble Campus Sl. Fall 4: hosebag – weak or unattractive person.
1986		Eble Campus Sl. Mar. 6: hose bag – unattractive girl: ‘If Debbie weren’t so fat she wouldn’t be such a hosebag’.