dosser

One without home

A dosser is British slang for someone without stable housing who sleeps rough or in cheap lodgings—a homeless person or vagrant: There were dossers sleeping under the bridge.

The word can also mean a lazy, idle person: He's a complete dosser who's never worked a day in his life.

Both senses carry dismissive connotations.

A doss house is a cheap lodging house for the homeless.

vagrant

rough sleeper

One sleeping outdoors unhoused

sleeping bagInsulated portable bedding
shelterProtected place or structure
panhandlingSoliciting money from strangers

homelessness · soup kitchen · alleyway · cardboard · doorway · hostel · transient · squatter · down-and-out · beggar

idler

loafer

Laceless slip-on shoe

layaboutHabitually idle person
slackerIdle responsibility evader
lazybonesHabitually idle person

shirker · wastrel · good-for-nothing · ne'er-do-well · lounger · idler · laziness · loafing · indolence · sluggard

basket

pannier

Carrier hung from sides

carrierOne that transports
hamperObstruct or clothes basket
creelAngler's wicker container

wicker · woven · trug · panier

dosser

rough sleeper

loafer

pannier

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