dooly
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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
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
It ain't desirable, Jack—size o' trap dooly considered.
From Stephen Archer and Other Tales by George MacDonald
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 Archibald Forbes
A prayer prayed proper, and prayed by them as ain't plaguein' the Lord constant about their souls an' other diseases, is always dooly regarded.
From The Definite Object A Romance of New York by Jeffery Farnol
For the first time, doolies regularly visit faculty homes.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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The academy is not letting doolies off scot-free.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Upperclassmen used to bait doolies all weekend; now doolies may close their doors if they want to be alone.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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