English

hosebag

From hose + bag.

A compound of hose + bag

Proto-Germanic *husǭ ‘coverings, leggings, trousers’

Proto-West Germanic *hosā ‘outer cover, shell’

Old English hose ‘hose, leggings’

Middle English hose ‘leggings, hose’

English hose

Old Norse baggi ‘bag, pack, satchel, bundle’

Middle English bagge ‘a fabric container’

English bag

Today it means

noun An undesirable, boorish, unintelligent, or objectionable person; a hoser.

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