The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #96122   Message #3583109
Posted By: GUEST,Allan Conn
10-Dec-13 - 06:57 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Tramps and Hawkers
Subject: RE: tramps and hawkers
Apart from it being a verb meaning 'to sleep' the Collins English Dictionary gives in its third definition for 'doss' as being a noun meaning 'bed'. I'd have thought of all the words in this song this one was pretty straightforward and easily understood. The problem with looking up Scots dictionaries online is they often mainly give the definitions for words which differ from standard english and leave out the huge number of words which is shared with English.