as in beds
a place set aside for sleeping
the living room couch was my doss for the weekend I spent at my friend's Lake District cottage
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beds
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Jackson County Legislative Chair Manny Abarca said that DHS agents told him on site that ICE and DHS are planning to build a detention facility with capacity for about 7,500 beds there.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
24 Jan. 2026 -
Food is so scarce and making rent so difficult that characters are perennially taking in lodgers who share beds and sleep in kitchens.—
Colton Valentine,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Dosses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dosses. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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