doss house

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. flophouse.

Word History and Origins

Origin of doss house¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

This identification is to help Rosalind, as she may not be able to spot this particular doss-house among all she knows.

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From the purely technical standpoint, moreover, "The Doss-house" is full of defects.

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It was a doorless place, with stone-flagged corridor—in other words, a "doss-house."

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As for Sonia, she'd consent to sleep in a doss-house, if she were doing it for the first time—a new experience, you know.

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But a vagabond rat turned it out, and made a doss-house of it.

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