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dosey doe

dosey doe is the alternative form of dos a dos.

Meaning of dos a dos

Noun

dos a dos

  1. A move in square dancing in which two dancers face each other, then step forward and left until they have right shoulders adjacent, then move to a position where they are back to back, then move to have left shoulders adjacent, then return to facing each other.
  2. (historical) A sofa, open carriage, etc. constructed so that the occupants sit back to back.

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Questions about dosey doe

What is dosey doe the alternative form of?
Dosey doe is the alternative form of dos a dos.

Words near dosey doe in the dictionary

  1. dosen't
  2. dosent
  3. doser
  4. dosers
  5. doses
  6. dosey doe
  7. dosh
  8. dosha
  9. doshas
  10. Doshay
  11. Doshi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dosey doe (page history and authors); dos a dos (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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