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Definition of high hosey

high hosey

verb

  • to lay claim to.
    I high hosey the front seat!
    • See more words with the same meaning: to claim.

    Last edited on Aug 01 2011. Submitted by Lee O. from Brewer, ME 04412, USA on Oct 30 2002.

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Other terms relating to 'to claim':

Definitions include: to claim ownership, at least temporarily.
Definitions include: the passenger seat in a vehicle.
Definitions include: rights to a sitting space recently vacated, that one intends on occupying again in the near future. One "calls fives" to claim, for example, a spot on a sofa when one gets up to use the bathroom. Anyone is permitted to sit in the seat during the person's absence, but must give it up immediately when that person returns. One would say, "I've got fives" while getting up from a seat.
Definitions include: to claim the (front) seat next to the driver in an automobile.

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Definitions include: pie-in-the-sky, fancy, crazy and elitist.

Other terms relating to 'hosey':

Definitions include: Among children, to lay claim to in a situation in which the first person to lay a claim gets the claimed object. Synonym for "dibs".

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