Doss

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  • noun. Sleep; rest.
  • noun. A crude or makeshift bed.
  • intransitive verb. To go to bed, especially in a crude or makeshift bed; sleep.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A hassock.
  • To attack with the horns; toss.
  • To pay: as, to doss down money.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A place to sleep in; a bed; hence, sleep.
  • intransitive verb. to sleep in a convenient place.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To avoid work, shirk, etc.
  • verb. To sleep in the open or in a derelict building because one is homeless
  • noun. Work avoidance.
  • noun. Easy piece of work
  • adjective. Describes a useless or lazy person. Generally combined with expletive noun, especially cunt.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. sleep in a convenient place
  • Word Usage
    "I had read about doss-houses (they are never called doss-houses, by the way), and I supposed that one could get a bed for fourpence or thereabouts."
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