DOSSER

dosser, street person

(noun) someone who sleeps in any convenient place

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

dosser (plural dossers)

(British, Ireland) Someone who dosses, someone known for avoiding work.

A homeless and jobless person.

One who lodges in a doss-house.

Synonyms

• (one who avoids work): shirker, see also idler

Etymology 2

Noun

dosser (plural dossers)

A pannier or basket.

A hanging tapestry; a dorsal.

Anagrams

• Sedors, dorses, dosers, resods, rossed, soders, sordes

Source: Wiktionary


Dos"ser, n. Etym: [LL. dosserum, or F.dossier bundle of papers, part of a basket resting on the back, fr. L. dorsum back. See Dorsal, and cf. Dosel.] [Written also dorser and dorsel.]

1. A pannier, or basket. To hire a ripper's mare, and buy new dossers. Beau. & Fl.

2. A hanging tapestry; a dorsal.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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