verb
General Slang
doss
· verb · military
To sleep, kip down, or skive off doing nothing.
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Definitions
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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).
People Also Ask
What does doss mean?
To doss means to sleep or kip down, or to skive off and do nothing.
How do you use doss in a sentence?
"We just dossed about all afternoon instead of studying."
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