Coss vs Doss - What's the difference?
coss | doss |
(India) A measure of distance in India, varying from one and a quarter to two and a half English miles.
*1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘In Flood Time’, In Black and White , Folio Society 2005, pp. 410-11:
*:A full half koss from bank to bank is the stream now – you can see it under the stars – and there are ten feet of water therein.
(intransitive, British, and, Ireland) To avoid work, shirk, etc.
(intransitive, British, slang) To sleep in the open or in a derelict building because one is homeless
Work avoidance.
Easy piece of work
(Scotland) Describes a useless or lazy person. Generally combined with expletive noun, especially cunt .
As nouns the difference between coss and doss
is that coss is a measure of distance in India, varying from one and a quarter to two and a half English miles while doss is work avoidance.As a verb doss is
to avoid work, shirk, etc.As an adjective doss is
describes a useless or lazy person. Generally combined with expletive noun, especially cunt.coss
English
Alternative forms
* kossNoun
(en-noun)See also
* rule of coss ----doss
English
Verb
(es)- I am going to doss tomorrow when the match is on.
- I normally have to doss in shop doorways or park benches.
Noun
(es)- I am going to have a doss tomorrow.
- Circumnavigating the world in a canoe is no doss
Adjective
(en adjective)- Get a fuckin hauld o yersel, ye doss cunt!
