doss
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/dɒs/
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/dɒs/ · /dɑs/ · /bɔs/
Definition of doss
11 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(British, Ireland, intransitive)To avoid work, shirk, etc.
“I am going to doss tomorrow when the match is on.”
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verb
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(British, Ireland, intransitive)To avoid work, shirk, etc.
“I am going to doss tomorrow when the match is on.”
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(Australia, British, intransitive, slang)To sleep, especially in the open or in a makeshift bed, commonly in a derelict building because one is homeless.
“I normally have to doss in shop doorways or on park benches.”
“"You can doss on the floor.”
noun
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(British, Ireland, countable, slang, uncountable)The avoidance of work.
“I am going to have a doss tomorrow.”
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(British, Ireland, countable, slang, uncountable)An easy piece of work.
“Circumnavigating the world in a canoe is no doss.”
- (British, Ireland, countable, dated, slang, uncountable)A place to sleep in; a bed.
- (British, Ireland, broadly, countable, dated, slang, uncountable)Sleep.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable)Abbreviation of dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate.
- (form-of, plural)plural of DoS
adj
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(Scotland, not-comparable)Useless or lazy. Generally combined with expletive noun, especially cunt.
“Get a hauld o yersel, ya doss cunt!”
“Convinced it's no bullshit, the doss cunt dismisses the session. Ah walk tae freedom; perr auld Spud gits taken doon.”
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(Scotland, not-comparable)Good, desirable.
“The place is pure doss, like.”
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
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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