Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

doss house

noun Chiefly British.
  1. flophouse.
Show More

Origin of doss house

First recorded in 1885–90
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for dosshouse

Historical Examples

  • If he's got a copper he goes to a dosshouse; but when he has drunk all, he comes here.

    Fruits of Culture

    Leo Tolstoy

British Dictionary definitions for dosshouse

dosshouse

noun
  1. British slang a cheap lodging house, esp one used by trampsUS and Canadian name: flophouse
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012