Dosser

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

dosser
    n 1: someone who sleeps in any convenient place [syn: {dosser},
         {street person}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dosser \Dos"ser\, n. [LL. dosserum, or F.dossier bundle of
   papers, part of a basket resting on the back, fr. L. dorsum
   back. See {Dorsal}, and cf. {Dosel}.] [Written also {dorser}
   and {dorsel}.]
   1. A pannier, or basket.
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            To hire a ripper's mare, and buy new dossers.
                                                  --Beau. & Fl.
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   2. A hanging tapestry; a dorsal.
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