Meaning of overdoss | Babel Free

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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