British slang meaning to sleep rough or bed down outside, typically used in the context of homelessness, camping out without gear, or crashing somewhere improvised in the open air. It extends the broader doss vocabulary — doss means to sleep or crash somewhere casual — with the out specifying an outdoor location. Often used without judgment, describing a practical situation rather than a moral one.
With no money for a hostel and the train cancelled, they had no choice but to doss out in the park for the night.
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(slang, intransitive) To sleep outside.
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