What's a Hoser?

• Like the very similar term hosehead, the term may have referred to farmers of the Canadian prairies, who would siphon gas from farming vehicles with a hose during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
• The expression has since been converted to the verb 'to hose' as in to trick, deceive, or steal - for example: "That card-shark sure hosed me."
• Hosed has an additional meaning of becoming drunk - for example: "Let's go out and get hosed."
  The term "hoser" also refers to an era in hockey before the ice resurfacing machine came into use.
• The losing team had to hose off the ice. The term "hoser" can then be construed to mean loser.