dossers
Those without homes
Dossers is the plural of dosser, British slang for a homeless person or vagrant who sleeps rough or in cheap lodgings called dosshouses.
More broadly, a dosser is someone lazy or idle—a slacker who does nothing productive: Those dossers have been on the couch all day.
The word carries contempt in either sense.
Idle, unproductive people
- idlersHabitually unproductive people
- loafersLaceless slip-on shoes
- shirkersThose who evade duties
- wastrelsHabitual reckless spenders
lazybones · slackers · deadbeats · good-for-nothings · ne'er-do-wells · bums · couch potatoes · freeloaders
People sleeping without shelter
- vagrantsHomeless itinerant people
- homelessWithout a dwelling
- beggarsThose soliciting charity
- trampsItinerant homeless people
derelicts · shelters · hostels · cardboard · doorways · benches · panhandlers · soup kitchens
layabouts
Idle, unproductive people
wastrels · lazybones · slackers · deadbeats · good-for-nothings · ne'er-do-wells · bums · couch potatoes · freeloaders · spongers
rough sleepers
People sleeping without shelter
tramps · derelicts · shelters · hostels · cardboard · doorways · benches · panhandlers · soup kitchens · outreach
sleeping mats
Portable floor bedding
mattresses · bedrolls · blankets · crash pads · bunks · hammocks · futons · quilts · pillows · night shelters
dossershomeowners
Property-possessing residents
householders · residents · tenants · landed gentry · homesteaders
dossersaristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
aristocrats · the elite · upper class · nobility · toffs
dossersgrafters
Cheats or tireless workers
go-getters · strivers · achievers · breadwinners · doers