verb
- to sleep in rough or makeshift accommodation
Usage: British informal
noun
- a place to sleep, especially rough or temporary accommodation
- an easy task or job requiring little effort
Usage: British informal
Usage: British informal
Examples
- He had to doss on a friend’s couch for the night.
- The homeless shelter provided a doss for anyone who needed it.
- After losing his job, he was dossing in doorways.
- This assignment is a complete doss – I finished it in ten minutes.
- They found a doss in an abandoned building.
- The students were dossing in the library during exam week.
- That course is such a doss compared to advanced calculus.