Meaning

1 senses
  1. A place where homeless people can sleep for the night.

    W. Besant They [street Arabs] consort together and sleep in low doss houses where they meet with all kinds of villainy.

    Absteige, Penne

    ночле́жкаnočléžka, ночле́жный домnočléžnyj dom, прию́тprijút

    приту́локprytúlok, нічлі́жкаničlížka, прию́тpryjút

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
sleeping-place for the homeless:
Русский
By meaning 1
sleeping-place for the homeless:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sleeping-place for the homeless:

Origin

From doss + house.

From doss + house.

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Forms

plural: doss-houses

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
doss-house — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto