dooly
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Sergeant Paton, of my company, picked him up, and put him into an empty dooly which was passing.
From Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude by William Forbes-Mitchell
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 William Forbes-Mitchell
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 Thomas Nast
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 J. B. Greene
It ain't desirable, Jack—size o' trap dooly considered.
From Stephen Archer and Other Tales by George MacDonald
Upperclassmen used to bait doolies all weekend; now doolies may close their doors if they want to be alone.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the first time, doolies regularly visit faculty homes.
From Time Magazine Archive
The academy is not letting doolies off scot-free.
From Time Magazine Archive
As they picked their way down the line of duffel bags, foot lockers, skis, banjos, rifles and packs, the "doolies,"* i.e., plebes, had to halt before passing an upperclassman to ask "By your leave, sir."
From Time Magazine Archive
The curtains of the doolies had been removed to allow of a free passage of air, and mosquito curtains hung round to prevent insects annoying the sufferers.
From The Lost Heir by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
