doss
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(British, Ireland, intransitive)(intransitive, British and Ireland) To avoid work, shirk, etc.
I am going to doss tomorrow when the match is on.
- 2.
(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.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(British, Ireland, countable, slang, uncountable)(slang, British and Ireland) The avoidance of work.
I am going to have a doss tomorrow.
- 2.
(British, Ireland, countable, slang, uncountable)(slang, British and Ireland) An easy piece of work.
Circumnavigating the world in a canoe is no doss.
- 3.
(British, Ireland, countable, dated, slang, uncountable)(slang, dated, British and Ireland) A place to sleep in; a bed.
- 4.
(British, Ireland, broadly, countable, dated, slang, uncountable)(slang, dated, British and Ireland, by extension) Sleep.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(Scotland, not comparable)Useless or lazy. Generally combined with expletive noun, especially cunt.
Get a hauld o yersel, ya doss cunt!
- 2.
(Scotland, not comparable)Good, desirable.
The place is pure doss, like.
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Nguồn gốc từ
Perhaps from Latin dorsum (the back), i.e. what one lies on when sleeping; perhaps from English dialect doss (a hassock).