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Josser vs Dosser - What's the difference?

josser | dosser |

As nouns the difference between josser and dosser

is that josser is an outsider working in a circus while dosser is (british|ireland) someone who dosses, someone known for avoiding work or dosser can be a pannier or basket.

josser

English

Noun

(wikipedia josser) (en noun)
  • An outsider working in a circus.
  • *{{quote-news, year=1999, date=May 20, author=Dea Birkett, title=Books: In the world of exotic humans , work=The Independent citation
    • , passage=Becoming a josser - an outsider who joins the circus - is probably one of the few dreams almost everyone has had.}}
  • * James Joyce, An Encounter
    • As I neither answered nor raised my eyes Mahony exclaimed again: "I say... He's a queer old josser !"

    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)

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