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DOSS, adj.2 Stupid.Edb. 1993 Irvine Welsh Trainspotting (1994) 5:
Yer no feart ay they wee fuckin saps ur ye? This cunt's really gittin ma fuckin goat. — Aye! Aye ah fuckin am, if ah'm oan ma tod n ah get set oan by a fuckin squad ay shell-suits! Ye think ah'm Jean-Claude Van Fuckin Damme? Fuckin doss cunt, so ye are Simon. Ah called im 'Simon' rather than 'Si' or 'Sick boy' tae emphasise the seriousness ay what ah wis sayin.Edb. 1994 Gordon Legge I Love Me (Who Do You Love?) 111:
Dunx turned to Eddie. 'Whit the fuck's is doss-cunt on about?'
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