British slang for a sleeping bag — the kind you'd unroll at a festival, a camping trip, or a mate's floor when you've missed the last train home.
British slang for a sleeping bag — the kind you'd unroll at a festival, a camping trip, or a mate's floor when you've missed the last train home. 'Doss' is a long-standing British word for a rough or makeshift sleep, and dossbag combines that perfectly with the practicality of the item itself. It has a distinctly no-frills, down-to-earth feel — nobody who calls it a dossbag is sleeping in a luxury glamping setup. It's for those who sleep wherever and however they can.
He grabbed his dossbag from the car boot and found a spot in the corner of the tent.
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(slang) A sleeping bag.
(intransitive, British, AU, slang) To sleep, especially in the open or in a makeshift bed, commonly in a derelict building because one is homeless.
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.
(neologism, slang, North America) An idiot or jerk; a general-purpose moderate insult.
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(slang) A sleeping bag.
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