overdoss

Definitions

To oversleep, thus missing the intended railway stop.

UK, intransitive, slang

Examples

“[…] my next memory is of awakening to look⟳ out of the window, seeing the puke stained glass and realizing to my horror that it was light⟳ outside. We were experiencing what is commonly known in the bashing world as 'overdossing'.”

“ISTR There was a story in Rail Enthusiast back in about 1982 concerning a bloke who overdossed on some unit heading into Shrewsbury, and woke up in a shed⟳ surrounded by old kettles.”

“And if I had a fiver everytime^([sic]) I 'overdossed' as a result⟳ of rover brain on the early 80's East coast overnights, I could afford⟳ to buy⟳ the bloody railway.”

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