dooly
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He had got out of his dooly, undressed and bareheaded as he was, and leaped into the saddle, as the syce had been leading his horse near him.
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
"Justice of the peace," he said proudly, "dooly signed and registered in Dartmouth County, Mass."
From The Cruise of the Kawa by George S. (George Shepard) Chappell
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
Well, considering you was both so hungry, you ain't neither of you eaten dooly of this stoo as was fit for any king.
From Peregrine's Progress by Jeffery Farnol
Moody issued an order, and a dozen soldiers under a corporal started to look for the dooly.
From The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War by Winston Churchill
For the first time, doolies regularly visit faculty homes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Upperclassmen used to bait doolies all weekend; now doolies may close their doors if they want to be alone.
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 academy is not letting doolies off scot-free.
From Time Magazine Archive
The three uneventful days that followed were among the happiest in his life; and on the fourth, before sunset, the two women set out, in hospital doolies, on their primitive journey to Sheik Budeen.
From The Great Amulet by Maud Diver
