dooly

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Dr Sir,—Yrs, into which you ask me to send you sum leadin incidents in my life so you can write my Bogfry for the papers, cum dooly to hand.

From The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 7: Miscellaneous by Ward, Artemus

He sickened two days before the evacuation of the Residency and died on the morning of the 24th of November in his dooly in a tent of the camp at the Dilkoosha.

From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Forbes, Archibald

Daddy came to himself just as the men were lifting him into a dooly.

From Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude by Forbes-Mitchell, William

And this epistle wuz dooly signed, his    John × Morrissey, M.C. mark.

From "Swingin Round the Cirkle." His Ideas Of Men, Politics, And Things, As Set Forth In His Letters To The Public Press, During The Year 1866. by Nast, Thomas

Show ’em a good scarecrow or tatty dooly, as the Scotch folk call it, and they’d think it was what they call a bunyip.”

From King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale by Greene, J. B.