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dosser

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dosser1
n
Rare a bag or basket for carrying objects on the back
[from Old French dossier, from Medieval Latin dorsārium, from Latin dorsum back]
dosser2
n
1. Brit slang a person who sleeps in dosshouses
2. (Social Welfare) Brit slang another word for dosshouse
3. Slang a lazy person; idler
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dosser - someone who sleeps in any convenient place
street person
hobo, tramp, bum - a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"
Translations
dosser [ˈdɒsəʳ] N (Brit) → vagabundo/a m/f, pobre mf
dosser [ˈdɒsər] n (British) (= homeless person) → clochard(e) m/f
doss house doss-house n (British) → asile m de nuit
dosser
n (Brit inf) → Penner(in) m(f) (inf), → Stadtstreicher(in) m(f)
dosser [ˈdɒsəʳ] n (Brit) (fam) → barbone/a
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To all the scrounging asylum seekers and our own several million bone-idle dossers, single mothers and ex-council workers who can't do a hard day's work because of bad backs, it will mean nothing.
Wasters' shame; lettres by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
The Taoiseach recently said the country is living beyond its means but Mr Cowen and the other Dail dossers are living beyond OUR means.
Dail inmates live beyond our means by The Mirror (London, England)
I suppose these dossers will be asking for a pay rise next year.
From The Forum by Birmingham Mail (England)
 
 
 
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