Dosser
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈdɒsə(ɹ)/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dosser is a noun meaning (British, Ireland) Someone who dosses, someone known for avoiding work.
Meaning
(British, Ireland) Someone who dosses, someone known for avoiding work.
More Meanings
- A homeless and jobless person.
- One who lodges in a doss-house.
- A pannier or basket.
- A hanging tapestry; a dorsal.
Example Sentences
To hire a ripper's mare, and buy new dossers.
Illustrating the strength of feeling, some said Dorries was “never here and is as useful as a chocolate teapot”, while “Dosser Dorries” posters appeared in the area.
Formerly they endeavoured to occupy all the seats, but the lynx-eyed Metropolitan Police declined to allow any such proceedings, and the dossers, knowing the invariable kindness of the City Police, made tracks for that portion of the Embankment which, lying east of the Temple, comes under the control of the Civic Fathers.
Word Forms
- dossers
Synonyms for dosser
Depending on context, synonyms include shirker, dawdler, deadbeat, dogfucker, do-naught, do-nothing.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dorser, doss, dossing-ken, duffer, dodderer, dooker.
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