doss
/dɑs//dɒs/
noun
- 1
The avoidance of work.
“I am going to have a doss tomorrow.”
- 2
An easy piece of work.
“Circumnavigating the world in a canoe is no doss.”
- 3
A place to sleep in; a bed.
- 4
(by extension) Sleep.
verb
- 1
To avoid work, shirk, etc.
“I am going to doss tomorrow when the match is on.”
- 2
To sleep in the open or in a derelict building because one is homeless
“I normally have to doss in shop doorways or park benches.”
adjective
- 1
Useless or lazy. Generally combined with expletive noun, especially cunt.
“Get a hauld o yersel, ye doss cunt!”
- 2
Good, desirable.
“The place is pure doss, like.”
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