doss house

A form of doss-house — A place where homeless people can sleep for the night.

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Meanings

noundoss house (plural doss houses)

plural doss houses

  1. alternativeAlternative form of doss-house.

    Somewhere nearby is a Victorian doss house, a vast red brick pile of a hostel for the homeless, purpose-built and hideous, […]

    2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 88
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APA

doss house. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doss%20house

MLA

“doss house.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doss%20house. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doss house,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doss%20house.

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