dosser

(ˈdɒsə)

rare a bag or basket for carrying objects on the back

[C14: from Old French dossier, from Medieval Latin dorsārium, from Latin dorsum back]

dosser

(ˈdɒsə)

1. Brit a person who sleeps in dosshouses

2. (Social Welfare) Brit another word for dosshouse

3. a lazy person; idler

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

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

Kiepe

vagabondo

dosser

[ˈdɒsəʳ] N (Brit) → vagabundo/a m/f, pobre mf

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dosser

[ˈdɒsə^r] n (British) (= homeless person) → clochard(e) m/fdoss house doss-house n (British) → asile m de nuit

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

dosser

n (Brit inf) → Penner(in) m(f) (inf), → Stadtstreicher(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

dosser

[ˈdɒsəʳ] n (Brit) (fam) → barbone/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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