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dooly

[doo-lee] / ˈdu li /
NOUN
stretcher
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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

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

It ain't desirable, Jack—size o' trap dooly considered.

From Stephen Archer and Other Tales by George MacDonald

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

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

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

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

A doctor was riding by the side of the doolies, and two mounted orderlies with baskets containing ice and surgical dressings rode fifty paces in the rear.

From The Lost Heir by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty


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