Chapter Doomstead to Douay Bible of D by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Doss-house (A). A cheap lodging-house where the poorer classes sleep on bundles of straw. (See above.)
   In the New Review (Aug., 1894) there is an article entitled "In a Woman's Doss-house," which throws much light on the condition of the poor in London.

Dosser One who sleeps in a low or cheap hired dormitory. The verb doss = to sleep.

Do-the-Boys' Hall A school where boys were taken in and done for by a Mr. Squeers, a puffing, ignorant, over-bearing brute, who starved them and taught them nothing. (Dickens: Nicholas Nickleby.)
    It is said that Mr. Squeers is a caricature of Mr. Shaw, a Yorkshire schoolmaster; but Mr. Shaw was a kind-hearted man, and his boys were well fed, happy, and not ill-taught. Like Squeers he had only one eye, and like Squeers he had a daughter. It is said that his school was ruined by Dickens's caricature.

Dot and go One (A). An infant just beginning to toddle; one who limps in walking; a person who has one leg longer than the other.

Dotterel or Dottrel. A doting old fool; an old man easily cajoled. The bird thus called, a species of plover, is said to be so fond of imitation that any one who excites its curiosity by strange antics may catch it.
   To dor the dotterel. Dor is an archaic word meaning to trick or cheat. Whence the phrase to "dor the dotterel" means to cheat the simpleton.

Douay Bible The English translation of the Bible sanctioned by the Roman Catholic Church. The Old Testament was published by the English college at Douay, in France, in 1609; but the New Testament was published at Rheims in 1582. The English college at Douay was founded by William Allen (afterwards cardinal) in 1568. The Douay Bible translates such words as repentance by the word penance, etc., and the whole contains notes by Roman Catholic divines.