Definition of "hosepipe" [hosepipe]

• A flexible pipe for carrying water or other liquids; a garden hose. (noun)

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• "And it gives them a traffic 'hosepipe' that means every time you search for something that's very 'now' on Google, you're getting results from"
• "It should be noted, however, that, as goal droughts go the ponytailed Geordie's was only really at the "I may need to water the hanging baskets if this carries on" phase, while Santa Cruz and Torres have staggered, croaking, into the hosepipe ban zone and may soon be forced to share a bath and put a brick in the toilet cistern."
• "Banging on about how they've had the same sleeping bag for the past 12 years, reckoning they've got closer to Mother Nature just because they wash themselves at a dripping hosepipe in the morning, as opposed to a hot shower in a pristine cubicle with a snowy-white luxury towel."