doss
noun
a place to sleep, especially in a cheap lodging house.
dossed
Example Sentences
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He grew up in Clydebank, dossed around at school and left with no qualifications.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 29, 2021
He drew out the inclosure, unfolded it, and saw that the paper bore the printed address of the Sailors' Home where Casey dossed when ashore, and where writing-paper was supplied gratis.
From The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Like two needles in a blinkin' 'aystack clickin' every time—an' 'taint as if the Gunners dossed down reglar with the Line either.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 26, 1919 by Various
He had got his battery into position at about two o'clock, and they had dossed down beside the guns.
From Pushed and the Return Push by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols
I’ve been whalin’ up the Lachlan, and I’ve dossed on Cooper’s Creek, And once I rung Cudjingie shed, and blued it in a week.
From The Old Bush Songs by A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson
