dosser
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dosser
(ˈdɒsə)n
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)n
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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Noun | 1. | dosser - someone who sleeps in any convenient place |
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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
[ˈdɒsər] n (British) (= homeless person) → clochard(e) m/fdoss house doss-house n (British) → asile m de nuitCollins 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
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[ˈdɒsəʳ] n (Brit) (fam) → barbone/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995