noun
General Slang
hoss road
· noun · brummie
The street. Literally the 'horse road' — the bit where the traffic goes.
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The street — specifically the road surface, as opposed to the pavement. Classic Black Country / Brummie warning to kids: 'Gerrout the hoss road' means get out of the road before a car flattens you.
“Gerrout the hoss road, theer's a bus comin'!”
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hoss road In A Sentence
Gerrout the hoss road, theer's a bus comin'!
Origin & Usage
Survival from pre-motor days, when the road outside your front door was where the horses ran. The h dropped, the meaning stuck.
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