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
"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
It ain't desirable, Jack—size o' trap dooly considered.
From Stephen Archer and Other Tales by George MacDonald
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
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
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
They say the General is terribly hurt, and it was thought better to bring him and the other fellow who was mixed up in it down in doolies.
From The Lost Heir by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
