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In some senses, doss is marked as slang, dated, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.
verb
To avoid work, shirk, etc.
I am going to doss tomorrow when the match is on.
To sleep, especially in the open or in a makeshift bed, commonly in a derelict building because one is homeless.
I normally have to doss in shop doorways or on park benches.
"You can doss on the floor.
noun
The avoidance of work.
I am going to have a doss tomorrow.
An easy piece of work.
Circumnavigating the world in a canoe is no doss.
A place to sleep in; a bed.
Sleep.
adj
Useless or lazy. Generally combined with expletive noun, especially cunt.
Get a hauld o yersel, ya doss cunt!
Convinced it's no bullshit, the doss cunt dismisses the session. Ah walk tae freedom; perr auld Spud gits taken doon.
Good, desirable.
The place is pure doss, like.