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Stonehedge in reply to @hippy

It's hosepipe. It's what they're called and what the have been called for several hundred years. Hose is just the shortened version.

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hippy in reply to @Stonehedge

hosepipe

Not according to any of the online etymology sites

https://www.etymonline.com/word/hose

https://www.etymonline.com/word/pipe?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_16365

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hosepipe

Hose and Pipe are basically the same thing. So combing them is stupid.

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Stonehedge in reply to @hippy

I literally just took an Oxford dictionary off the shelf and looked it up. Hosepipe is a word that has been used since the 1800s.

At a guess id suggest that hose refers to the use or action of the pipe e.g hosing something down.

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