also DOSSIE
CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY Scots dossie, a sprucely dressed person, from doss, neat (from doss to dress, from Dutch dossen, from dos clothes, from Middle Dutch, perhaps from Old French dos back, from Latin dorsum) EXAMPLE From: The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905
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