verb
General Slang
doss
· verb · military
To sleep, kip down, or skive off doing nothing.
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To sleep, especially rough or in any spot you can grab — 'doss down' on a camp cot, in the back of the wagon, on the floor of the NAAFI. A 'doss bag' is a sleeping bag.
“We'll doss down in the wagons tonight and push on at first light.”
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To skive — to do nothing, mess about, or hide from work. A 'doss job' is a piece of duty so easy it barely counts.
“Stores is an absolute doss — he's been in there for months doing sod all.”
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doss In A Sentence
We'll doss down in the wagons tonight and push on at first light.
Stores is an absolute doss — he's been in there for months doing sod all.
Origin & Usage
British slang, 19th century, originally from Victorian doss-houses (cheap lodgings).
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