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• doss around — vb British to do nothing in particular, lead an aim less existence. From doss2 …   Contemporary slang

• doss — doss1 [dɔs US da:s] v [i]BrE informal [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: doss a (place to) sleep (18 20 centuries), probably from French dos back , from the idea of lying on your back] also doss down to sleep somewhere that is not your usual place, or not …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• doss — 1 verb doss around/about phrasal verb (I) BrE informal to do very little: We just dossed around all day Saturday. doss down phrasal verb (I) BrE informal to sleep somewhere that is not your usual place or not a real bed: Hundreds dossed down in… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• doss Brit. — doss Brit. informal verb 1》 sleep in rough accommodation or on an improvised bed. 2》 spend time idly: I spent the day dossing around. noun 1》 archaic a bed in a cheap lodging house. 2》 an easy task giving time for idling. Derivatives dosser noun… …   English new terms dictionary

• doss — I UK [dɒs] / US [dɑs] verb [intransitive] Word forms doss : present tense I/you/we/they doss he/she/it dosses present participle dossing past tense dossed past participle dossed 1) doss or doss about/around to spend time doing nothing We spent… …   English dictionary

• doss — [dɒs] verb [I] 1) doss or doss about/around to spend time doing nothing 2) doss or doss down British informal to spend the night somewhere where you do not normally sleep and where you do not have a bed …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• doss — Verb. 1. To sleep rough. Informal 2. To rest, to idle away time. Often followed by about or around. E.g. I spent the weekend dossing around with my mates on Blackpool beach. Noun. An easy task. E.g. That maths exam was a doss. Informal …   English slang and colloquialisms

• Nannie Doss — Background information Birth name Nancy Hazle Also known as The Giggling Nanny, The Giggling Granny, The Jolly Black Widow Born November 4, 1905(1905 11 04) Blue Mountain, Alabama, U …   Wikipedia

• Desmond Doss — Desmond T. Doss    Desmond Thomas Doss, Medal of Honor recipient …   Wikipedia

• dosser — n British a. a homeless person, vagrant, or down and out who sleeps wherever space is available We are not tramps, winos or even dos sers, we are gentlemen of the road and we refuse to be moved. (Homeless man, Observer, 16 August 1987) b. a… …   Contemporary slang

• 2008 Nord-Kivu campaign — Part of the Kivu conflict of the Second Congo War Villagers fleeing from a Kibati village …   Wikipedia