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Doss
//dɒs// adj, name, noun, verb, slang
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Useless or lazy. Generally combined with expletive noun, especially cunt. Scotland, not-comparable
"Get a hauld o yersel, ya doss cunt!"
- 2 Good, desirable. Scotland, not-comparable
"The place is pure doss, like."
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Noun
- 1 The avoidance of work. British, Ireland, countable, slang, uncountable
"I am going to have a doss tomorrow."
- 2 Abbreviation of dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate. abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
- 3 plural of DoS form-of, plural
- 4 An easy piece of work. British, Ireland, countable, slang, uncountable
"Circumnavigating the world in a canoe is no doss."
- 5 A place to sleep in; a bed. British, Ireland, countable, dated, slang, uncountable
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- 6 Sleep. British, Ireland, broadly, countable, dated, slang, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To avoid work, shirk, etc. British, Ireland, intransitive
"I am going to doss tomorrow when the match is on."
- 2 sleep in a convenient place wordnet
- 3 To sleep, especially in the open or in a makeshift bed, commonly in a derelict building because one is homeless. Australia, British, intransitive, slang
"I normally have to doss in shop doorways or on park benches."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Perhaps from Latin dorsum (“the back”), i.e. what one lies on when sleeping; perhaps from English dialect doss (“a hassock”).
Etymology 2
Perhaps from Latin dorsum (“the back”), i.e. what one lies on when sleeping; perhaps from English dialect doss (“a hassock”).
Etymology 3
Perhaps from Latin dorsum (“the back”), i.e. what one lies on when sleeping; perhaps from English dialect doss (“a hassock”).
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