Doss-house

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A place where homeless people can sleep for the night.

    "W. Besant They [street Arabs] consort together and sleep in low doss houses where they meet with all kinds of villainy."

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flophouse

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"W. Besant They [street Arabs] consort together and sleep in low doss houses where they meet with all kinds of villainy."

Etymology

From doss + house.

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