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  • 'I sy, ain't she got up dossy?' called out the groups at the doors, as she passed.

    Liza of Lambeth 1919

  • Some o 'them nice-looking dossy chaps ain't up to much.

    Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills George Manville Fenn 1870

  • When people talk about taking up a degree in information technology I used to consider it something dossy until I had to get my hands dirty dealing with IT then I began to appreciate just how much there is to learn about it.

    Champagne Tastes on a Beer Budget PB 2010

  • Respect to the lad though, still better than all those dossy, dole scum civvies, but compared to the veritable titan I am now, I was hardly up to much a couple of weeks into my basic training.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

  • Respect to the lad though, still better than all those dossy, dole scum civvies, but compared to the veritable titan I am now, I was hardly up to much a couple of weeks into my basic training.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

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