An idiom common throughout the southern Appalachian region of the United States used to describe a person or animal that is exceptionally large and assumed to be equally strong.

*May also be used to describe someone or something that is very fat.
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A term indigenous to the southern Virginia region used to describe someone who is considered cock diesel. See also cock diesel.
Vin Diesel is a hoss cat.
by eph206 October 5, 2003
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