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  • verb Present participle of doss.

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Examples

  • In Kinane's opinion, he was "dossing", only doing as much as he had to.

    Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • The agreement is that kipping, or dossing, or sleeping, is the hardest problem they have to face, harder even than that of food.

    THE SPIKE 2010

  • One for those that prefer uni to dossing, it was the start of a wave that's still heard today -- JME recently getting in the top 10 albums chart on iTunes with no single or promo.

    Joseph Patterson: Ten Grime Tracks of the Last Decade Joseph Patterson 2011

  • One for those that prefer uni to dossing, it was the start of a wave that's still heard today -- JME recently getting in the top 10 albums chart on iTunes with no single or promo.

    Joseph Patterson: Ten Grime Tracks of the Last Decade Joseph Patterson 2011

  • Last year one of the Words of the Year was Net Cafe Refugees, people working in casual cash-in-hand jobs by day, and dossing down in the cafe by night.

    Internet cafe and manga kissa usage 2008

  • This is perhaps why a friend once described my job as 'a life of terminal dossing ... '

    It Was a Dark and Stormy Night ... 2008

  • I had an address for him and after knocking there a few times one of the tenants told me he was only dossing there.

    Get In Line « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • If you miss the last train, dossing down in a net cafe is a cheap option, it seems.

    Use of manga cafes 2007

  • All we know is she heard gunfire, but I want her interviewed again, just to see if she can tell us anything about who might have been dossing down in the dump where the body was discovered.

    Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008

  • All we know is she heard gunfire, but I want her interviewed again, just to see if she can tell us anything about who might have been dossing down in the dump where the body was discovered.

    Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008

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