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doss house
Word History and Origins
Origin of doss house1
Example Sentences
Others were forced to stay at the doss house, where the accommodations include a coffin-shaped box for four pence a night, or for the truly desperate, a “two-penny hangover” — a bench strung with a rope to drape themselves over.
Forensic officers have been examining the flat, which neighbours described as a "doss house" where anti-social behaviour was frequent.
Forensic officers have been examining the flat, which neighbours described as a "doss house" where anti-social behaviour was frequent.
I have inadvertently left my card-case with my coiner's outfit," he said gravely, "but a wire addressed to the Doss House, Mine Street, Paddington, will find me—but I don't think I should try.
The place where we were quartered was a typical London doss house.
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