Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dosser

/ˈdɒsə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables: doss-er
IPA: /ˈdɒsə(ɹ)/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who dosses, someone known for avoiding work.

British usage

noun

A homeless and jobless person.

noun

One who lodges in a doss-house.

noun

A pannier or basket.

Obsolete

noun

A hanging tapestry; a dorsal.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Illustrating the strength of feeling, some said Dorries was “never here and is as useful as a chocolate teapot”, while “Dosser Dorries” posters appeared in the area."
"Formerly they endeavoured to occupy all the seats, but the lynx-eyed Metropolitan Police declined to allow any such proceedings, and the dossers, knowing the invariable kindness of the City Police, made tracks for that portion of the Embankment which, lying east of the Temple, comes under the control of the Civic Fathers."
"To hire a ripper's mare, and buy new dossers."

Etymology

From doss + -er.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: dosserum, dossier, dorsum

Usage

British usage
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

dossers (plural) dorsel (alternative) dorser (alternative)

Synonyms

shirker bum couch potato dawdler deadbeat dogfucker do-naught do-nothing dosser idler idleton faineant

Rhymes With

tosser

Questions

How do you pronounce dosser?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɒsə(ɹ)/.
What does dosser mean?: Someone who dosses, someone known for avoiding work.
Where does dosser come from?: It is traced to French.

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