dos-à-dos
1 of 3adverb
¦dōzə¦dō or like do-si-do
archaic
: back to back
passing dos-à-dos in a quadrille
dos-à-dos
2 of 3noun
"
plural dos-à-dos
: a dogcart having four wheels and seats set back to back
dos-à-dos
3 of 3adjective
"
of two books
: bound back to back with one common board between and the fore edge of one next to the backbone of the other
a psalter and a New Testament in a dos-à-dos style
Word History
Etymology
Adverb
French
Noun
French, from dos-à-dos back to back
Adjective
French, literally, back to back
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