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dooly

[doo-lee] / ˈdu li /
NOUN
stretcher
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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

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

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

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

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


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