doss

English

Perhaps from Latin dorsum (“the back”), i.e. what one lies on when sleeping; perhaps from English dialect doss (“a hassock”).

doss (third-person singular simple present dosses, present participle dossing, simple past and past participle dossed)

(intransitive, Britain and Ireland) To avoid work, shirk, etc.
I am going to doss tomorrow when the match is on.
(intransitive, Britain, slang) To sleep in the open or in a derelict building because one is homeless
I normally have to doss in shop doorways or park benches.

doss (countable and uncountable, plural dosses)

(slang) The avoidance of work.
I am going to have a doss tomorrow.
(slang) An easy piece of work.
Circumnavigating the world in a canoe is no doss.
(slang, dated) A place to sleep in; a bed.
(slang, dated, by extension) Sleep.

doss (not comparable)

(Scotland) Useless or lazy. Generally combined with expletive noun, especially cunt.
Get a hauld o yersel, ye doss cunt!
(Scotland) Good, desirable.
The place is pure doss, like.

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