overdoss

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verb

To oversleep, thus missing the intended railway stop.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

verboverdoss (third-person singular simple present overdosses, present participle overdossing, simple past and past participle overdossed)

present singular third person overdosses · participle present overdossing · participle past overdossed · past overdossed

  1. UKintransitiveslangTo oversleep, thus missing the intended railway stop.

    And if I had a fiver everytime^([sic]) I 'overdossed' as a result of rover brain on the early 80's East coast overnights, I could afford to buy the bloody railway.

    2010, darkprince66, “Have You Ever Caught The Wrong Train or Missed Your Stop”, in uk.railway (Usenet)
    2 more examples

    […] my next memory is of awakening to look out of the window, seeing the puke stained glass and realizing to my horror that it was light outside. We were experiencing what is commonly known in the bashing world as 'overdossing'.

    1996, he...@uk.pipeline.com, “Overnight to the West Country.”, in uk.railway (Usenet)

    ISTR There was a story in Rail Enthusiast back in about 1982 concerning a bloke who overdossed on some unit heading into Shrewsbury, and woke up in a shed surrounded by old kettles.

    1999, -=SteveH=-, “Strategic Reserve.”, in uk.railway (Usenet)

Origin

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