Meaning of gardenhose | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of garden hose.

alt-of, alternative, nonstandard

Examples

“Though he had the gardenhose in his hands and a drain outlet near, he failed to use⟳ the hose in dissipating the dangerous accumulation.”

“President Roosevelt launched the Lend-Lease idea at a press⟳ conference in November 1940 with the parable “suppose⟳ my neighbor's house catches fire, and I have⟳ the length of a gardenhose...””

“We can make⟳ artificial rainbows with a gardenhose and a sprinkler head adjusted for a very fine spray.”

“They hamper progress⟳ over the black, volcanic rubble of the Aleutian Island beaches but are handy in sea sprint. His tail, which looks like⟳ a piece of flattened gardenhose, serves as an oar.”

““Now then about machine guns: They work⟳ sort⟳ of like⟳ a gardenhose except they spray death.” - Kurt Vonnegut (1970)”

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