doss, doss down, crash
(verb) sleep in a convenient place; “You can crash here, though it’s not very comfortable”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Doss (plural Dosses)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Doss is the 1687th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 21366 individuals. Doss is most common among White (71.18%) and Black/African American (23.51%) individuals.
• DSOs, SDOs, dsos, sods
doss (third-person singular simple present dosses, present participle dossing, simple past and past participle dossed)
(intransitive, British and Ireland) To avoid work, shirk, etc.
(intransitive, British, slang) To sleep in the open or in a derelict building because one is homeless
doss (countable and uncountable, plural dosses)
(slang, British and Ireland) The avoidance of work.
(slang, British and Ireland) An easy piece of work.
(slang, dated, British and Ireland) A place to sleep in; a bed.
(slang, dated, British and Ireland, by extension) Sleep.
doss (not comparable)
(Scotland) Useless or lazy. Generally combined with expletive noun, especially cunt.
(Scotland) Good, desirable.
• DSOs, SDOs, dsos, sods
Source: Wiktionary
Doss, n. [Etym. uncertain.]
Definition: A place to sleep in; a bed; hence, sleep. [Slang]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 May 2025
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
