dos-à-dos

American  

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

noun

plural

dos-à-dos

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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Etymology

Origin of dos-à-dos

1830–40; < French: back to back

Example Sentences

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

Even then we should be no longer vis-à-vis as before, but dos-à-dos, almost on the instant of our approaching!

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne

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

The days had not arrived when acrobatic feats had invaded the decorum of the ballroom, and such simple departures from the routine as dos-à-dos and single hand were enough to provoke envy and astonishment.

From Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World by Fuhr, Ernest