Plural of dosser; multiple people who are homeless or sleep in rough shelters.
Plural form of 'dosser,' the British term for rough sleepers. This plural reflects the sociological vocabulary used in 20th-century studies of homelessness and poverty.
Academic and journalistic use of 'dossers' as a plural shows how even seemingly objective vocabulary carries cultural baggage—it's a British class term that fundamentally changed how society discussed homelessness.
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