dosser (redirected from dossers)

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]

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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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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 [ˈdɒsə^r] 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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dosser [ˈdɒsəʳ] n (Brit) (fam) → barbone/a