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Discover LudwigThe word 'hoes' is not considered a correct or appropriate term in written English
It is often seen as a derogatory and offensive term for women. Its usage should be avoided in formal or professional settings. However, it is sometimes used in slang or informal speech, particularly in hip hop or rap music. In this context, it can refer to a promiscuous or sexually promiscuous woman. Example: "Some rappers use derogatory terms like 'hoes' in their lyrics, but it's important for artists to be mindful of the impact of their words on their audience."
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hoes
verb
Third person singular of hoe
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They often encourage dress codes like "slag and drag" or "CEOs and corporate hoes", which perpetuate the subordinate status of women and the dominant role of men in society.
In parts of the Brazilian Amazon, where smallholders' farming techniques are still very basic, a local environmental group has helped reduce forest loss in one community by getting farmers to adopt a few simple improvements, such as planting their crops in rows rather than scattering seeds, and using hoes for weeding.
By demanding significantly more upper-body strength than hoes did, it gave men an advantage over women.
There too, in his boyhood, ravaging dust storms seeped through every chink in the house, and swarms of grasshoppers ate even the wooden handles of hoes left in the fields.
But the FAO also suggests that loud talk of arson can be cover for government "ineffectiveness".Forestry experts favour rather mundane solutions, like education, making firebreaks and hiring ground crews with spades and hoes.
Some hobos carried their personal hoes from job to job, like old-time shepherds with their crooks.The railroads got you there.
Dartmouth, Mr Philbrick reports, went for "30 yards of cloth, eight moose skins, 15 axes, 15 hoes, 15 pairs of shoes, one iron pot, and ten shillings' worth of assorted goods".Tensions culminated in the bloody King Philip's War (1675-76).
Some of their relatives must down hoes to nurse them, and spare cash in the family biscuit tin must be spent on anti-malarial drugs.
It remains unquelled, as your correspondent found out when a UN convoy he was riding in was held up by drunken "Ninja" rebels armed with guns and hoes.
Axes, picks, and hoes also were needed.
Foot plows and hoes were used to prepare these fields.
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