great unhosed

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great unhosed

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Coined by Chris Morris in the 1997 Brass Eye episode "Crime" in a satirical parody of crime reporting, with the apparent implication that the people referred to should be cleaned with a hose like farm animals.

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  1. alternative, plural, plural only Alternative form of great unwashed And it's not just the great unhosed. These raiders all earn over two hundred thousand pounds a year in big banks.

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@misc{great_unhosed_2026,
  title = {great unhosed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/great%20unhosed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}