Definition of Dosshouse

1. Noun. A cheap lodging house.

Exact synonyms: Flophouse
Generic synonyms: Lodging House, Rooming House

Definition of Dosshouse

1. Noun. A cheap inn; a flophouse. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dosshouse

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dosshouse

doss
doss-house
doss about
doss around
doss down
dossal
dossals
dossed
dossel
dossels
dosser
dosseret
dosserets
dossers
dosses
dosshouse (current term)
dosshouses
dossier
dossiers
dossil
dossils
dossing
dost
dosulepin
dot
dot-bomb
dot-com
dot-commer
dot-coms
dot-matrix

Literary usage of Dosshouse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Scottish Vernacular Literature: A Succinct History by Thomas Finlayson Henderson (1898)
"... successful that this blackguard carousal in the squalid Ayrshire dosshouse becomes instinct with a human interest so genuine and alluring that only the ..."

2. National Self-government, Its Growth and Principles: Its Growth and by Ramsay Muir (1918)
"... the field, the club, the office, the class-room, the dosshouse, faster than they could be trained or equipped, and only the more eagerly when they heard ..."

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