dos-à-dos

American  

[doh-see-doh, -zi-, doh-za-doh] / ˈdoʊ siˈdoʊ, -zɪ-, doʊ zaˈdoʊ /

noun

dos-à-dos plural

1. do-si-do.

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verb (used with or without object)

dos-à-dosed, dos-à-dosing

1. to do-si-do.

adverb

1. Archaic. back to back.

dos-à-dos British  

/ ˌdəʊsɪˈdəʊ, dozado /

noun

1. a seat on which the users sit back to back

2. an alternative spelling of do-si-do

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dos-à-dos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of dos-à-dos

1830–40; < French: back to back

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

dos-à-dos

The automobile of the future will look no more like the motor car of to-day than the limousine of 1913 looks like the dos-à-dos of 1896.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 13, 2013

The ordinary carriage is a dos-à-dos, a most uncomfortable conveyance like an Irish car turned end on, but excellent carriages are provided by the hotels.

From From Jungle to Java The Trivial Impressions of a Short Excursion to Netherlands India by Keyser, Arthur Louis

The street cab of Batavia is a "dos-à-dos" literally so called, as the passenger sits with his back to the driver's, thus forming a mutual support.

From On the Equator by De Windt, Harry

Should quadrilles be proposed, you will also be able to avoid those little dos-à-dos accidents which are by no means agreeable, and be qualified to pronounce, with tolerable certainty, which is your own partner.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 388, September 5, 1829 by Various

Some one kindly told him that they no longer danced dos-à-dos.

From Recollections of Europe by Cooper, James Fenimore