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noun Chiefly British.
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Origin of doss house
First recorded in 1885–90
Words nearby doss house
Dos Passos, John, doss, dossal, dosser, dosseret, doss house, dossier, dossil, dost, Dostoevsky, Dostoyevsky, Feodor
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British Dictionary definitions for doss house
dosshouse
/ (ˈdɒsˌhaʊs) /
noun
British slang a cheap lodging house, esp one used by trampsUS and Canadian name: flophouse
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