Usually means: Back-to-back position or arrangement.
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  1. dos-a-dos: Merriam-Webster
  2. dos-a-dos: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dos a dos: Wiktionary
  4. Dos-a-dos, dos-a-dos, dos a dos: Dictionary.com
  5. Dos-a-dos: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. dos-a-dos: FreeDictionary.org
  7. dos-a-dos: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  8. Dos-a-dos: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dos a dos)

noun:  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.
noun:  (historical) A sofa, open carriage, etc. constructed so that the occupants sit back to back.
adverb:  Back to back.

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