josser
English
Noun
josser (plural jossers)
- An outsider working in a circus.
- 1999 May 20, Dea Birkett, “Books: In the world of exotic humans”, in The Independent:
- Becoming a josser - an outsider who joins the circus - is probably one of the few dreams almost everyone has had.
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- (Britain, informal) A man, especially one who seems foolish or simpleminded.
- James Joyce, An Encounter
- As I neither answered nor raised my eyes Mahony exclaimed again: "I say... He's a queer old josser!"
- James Joyce, An Encounter
- (Australia, informal) A clergyman.
Anagrams
- sojers