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Dosser vs Dowser - What's the difference?

dosser | dowser |

As nouns the difference between dosser and dowser

is that dosser is (british|ireland) someone who dosses, someone known for avoiding work or dosser can be a pannier or basket while dowser is a divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc; a dowsing rod.

dosser

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British, Ireland) Someone who dosses, someone known for avoiding work.
  • A homeless and jobless person.
    • Synonyms
    * (one who avoids work) shirker

    Etymology 2

    . See dorsal.

    Alternative forms

    * dorsel, dorser

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pannier or basket.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • To hire a ripper's mare, and buy new dossers .
  • A hanging tapestry; a dorsal.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    dowser

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc.; a dowsing rod.
  • One who uses the dowser or divining rod.

    • Synonyms

    * (person who dowses) rhabdomantist, rhabdomancer, radiesthesist

    References

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    Anagrams

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    See also

    * rhabdomancy