Nearby words
dosimeter, dosimetric, dosimetry, dosing strip, doss, doss house, dossal, dosser, dosseret, dosshouse, dossier
Origin of doss house
First recorded in 1885–90
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Examples from the Web for dosshouse
If he's got a copper he goes to a dosshouse; but when he has drunk all, he comes here.
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British Dictionary definitions for dosshouse
dosshouse
/ (ˈdɒsˌhaʊs) /
noun
British slang a cheap lodging house, esp one used by trampsUS and Canadian name: flophouse
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