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doss Definition

doss (däs)

noun

Brit., Slang a bed or bunk, esp. in a dosshouse

Etymology: < L dorsum, the back

intransitive verb

Brit., Slang to sleep, esp. in a dosshouse

doss Usage Examples

Preposition: on

  • floor: These bothies have only basics: maybe a table and some chairs, with plenty of space to doss on the floor.

Converse of object

  • find: Four-hour walk in from Coire Cas car park to find the doss decrepit, stinking and full of snow.
  • have: I'm a first year, so having a doss!

Modifies a noun

  • house: Many of them never sought even the shelter of a lodging-house, for the doss house charged not less than 4d.
  • subject: It's not the doss subject that some people think.

Modifying Another Word

  • just: Just dossed in the afternoon looking forward to having the weekend off.
  • about: They dossed about, unemployed, for a couple of years.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • around: We dossed around until 4pm waiting to be allowed back in for a 5pm ferry.
  • down: No terrorists, just a few pacifists who needed a place to doss down.
  • out: Those attending the party must be prepared to camp or doss out in the old houses further down the glen.

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