dosser
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈdɒsə(ɹ)/
Noun

dosser (plural dossers)

  1. (British, Ireland) Someone who dosses, someone known for avoiding work.
  2. A homeless and jobless person.
  3. One who lodges in a doss-house.
Synonyms Noun

dosser (plural dossers)

  1. A pannier or basket.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Francis Beaumont; John Fletcher, “The Noble Gentleman”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: Printed for Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, OCLC 3083972 ↗, Act 5, scene 1:
      To hire a ripper's mare, and buy new dossers.
  2. A hanging tapestry; a dorsal.



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