josser
/ˈd͡ʒɒsə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An outsider working in a circus.
Example Sentences
- "Becoming a josser – an outsider who joins the circus – is probably one of the few dreams almost everyone has had."
- "As I neither answered nor raised my eyes Mahony exclaimed again: 'I say . . . He's a queer old josser!'"
- "A josser like myself from the backwoods of Canada would be making all sorts of bloomers."
Usage
- British usage
- Informal
- Australian usage