noun. British, Slang. a destitute person who sleeps in a dosshouse, outdoors, etc.; derelict; vagrant.
a very lazy person. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Noun. dosser (plural dossers) (Britain, Ireland) Someone who dosses, someone known for avoiding work. synonyms ▲ Synonyms: shirker; see also Thesaurus:idler. A homeless and jobless person.
A bulldozer can run over any rubble or trash and clear it away — this ability led to the slang meaning of the word, "powerful, intimidating person." Definitions of bulldozer. large powerful tractor; a large blade in front flattens areas of ground. synonyms: dozer.
Origin of Dosser
Late Latin dosserum, or French dossier (“bundle of papers, part of a basket resting on the back”), from Latin dorsum (“back”).
"Knackers" is also a British/Australasian vulgar slang for testes, although this usage may be derived from nakers – small medieval kettle drums which were typically played in pairs suspended from a belt around the waist.
jigger in British English
5. a small glass, esp for whisky, with a capacity of about one and a half ounces.
noun,plural dron·gos. Australian Slang. a stupid or slow-witted person; simpleton.
(Australia, slang) A very skilled, competent, or capable person or thing worthy of awe. quotations ▼synonyms ▲ Synonyms: legend, champion, unit.
A grinder is a slang term for a person who works in the investment industry and makes only small amounts of money at a time on small investments, over and over again. Grinders typically are hard working and highly respected investors who value every cent they make off their investments.
Skive off/Kip/Faffing
Skive off means to be lazy or a procrastinator. Kip is the slang word for a nap and faffing is to waste time.
(countable, UK, Ireland, slang) A prostitute. (countable, UK, Ireland, Australia, slang) A woman of loose morals.
British, informal + often disparaging : a homeless person. An increasing number of young dossers are also using trains parked for the night near Victoria station. Andrew North. The young Scottish painter Peter Howson transforms Glasgow dossers (street people) into heroic figures.
Also "dosser", a lazy person, or a tramp (US bum); "to doss down", to find a place to sleep, to sleep on some substitute for a bed such as a sofa, the floor, or a park bench; "doss-house", temporary accommodation for tramps or homeless people, cheap dilapidated rented accommodation with low standards of cleanliness (US ...
°(British slang) To sleep in the open or in a derelict building because one is homeless.
And you know that thing you used to edge that? You call it a weed whacker. or like an edge trimmer or something like that. And in Australia, we call that a whipper snipper.
In Australian English, a "banger" has referred to a sausage since the time of the First World War. Before that in Australia, a banger meant a morning coat, or an unreliable motor vehicle. All of these are publicly documented by reputable lexicographers.
'good on you' meaning 'great job' or 'well done'.
Bonzer is an adjective meaning 'surpassingly good, splendid, great'. The word is also used as a noun meaning 'something (or someone) that excites admiration by being surpassingly good of its kind', and as an adverb meaning 'beautifully, splendidly'.
Hold the jigger between your index and middle finger or between your middle and ring finger to have a better pour just from flipping your hand.
Sand Fleas. Sand fleas, also known as jigger, chigger or chigoe fleas, are haematophagous insect parasites of humans and domestic animals. Tungiasis is a zoonotic ectoparasitosis caused by members of the Hectopsyllidae family, from the order Siphonaptera (Fleas).
A basic bar jigger is often referred to as a double jigger. A double bartender jigger has two sides that measure two different amounts. The most common combinations for jiggers that you'll find are 1 oz & 2 oz and 1.5 oz & . 75 oz.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) Vomit. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) An act of vomiting.
Durry is the common Australian term for a cigarette. Among the younger generation, it is often called “ciggies” or “darts”. Both ways, stay away from smoking!