A place where homeless people can sleep for the night.

(Britain, slang) To sleep on someone's sofa or floor because there is no bed spare.

(informal, intransitive) To be idle, to shirk one's work or duty.

(idiomatic, intransitive) To be idle, to shirk one's work or duty.

plural of doss-house

plural of dossing-ken

(obsolete, slang) A dosshouse; a cheap inn.