josser
/ˈdʒɒsə
/noun British informal
A man, typically an old man or one regarded with some contempt: an old josser...
- A few minutes later a friend joined pinky but she didn't divulge the story of the old josser.
- Not bad for three old jossers wandering along country lanes for a few hours!
- The success of Giffords ensured that she would never feel like a josser (slang for simpleton) again.
Origin
Late 19th century (in Australian sense 'a clergyman'): from joss1 + -er1.
Rhymes
- multi-pattern
- multipeaked
- multiped
- multipedal
- multipede
- multipedous
- multipennate
- multiperforate
- multiperforated
- multiperiod
- multipersonal
- multiphase
- multiphased
- multiphonic
- multiphonics
- multiphoton
- multi-pin
- multipinnate
- multiplanar
- multiplane
- multiplaned
- multiplate
- multiplatform
- multiplatinum
- multiplay