Doss

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo avoid work, shirk, etc.

"I am going to doss tomorrow when the match is on."

2.VerbTo 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."

3.NounThe avoidance of work.

"I am going to have a doss tomorrow."

4.NounAn easy piece of work.

"Circumnavigating the world in a canoe is no doss."

5.NounA place to sleep in; a bed.

6.NounSleep.

7.AdjectiveUseless or lazy. Generally combined with expletive noun, especially cunt.

"Get a hauld o yersel, ya doss cunt!"

8.AdjectiveGood, desirable.

"The place is pure doss, like."

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