dhooly
noun
a variant of dooly.
dhoolies
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pluralof dhooly.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The sick, wet and filthy as they were, had to be hurried away in dhoolies to the chapels and churches again.
From Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege by Henry W. Nevinson
Summoned by telephone, the dhoolies came quickly up and bore them away, together with the remains of the dead.
From Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege by Henry W. Nevinson
Next day dhoolies or litters are sent for the guests, or if the hostess is poor she sends women to escort them to the house before daybreak.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
The dhoolies quickly came and bore the wounded away to the Wesleyan Chapel.
From Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege by Henry W. Nevinson
The stream of ambulance was incessant—covered mule-waggons, little ox-carts, green dhoolies carried by indomitable Hindoos, knee-deep in water, and indifferent to every kind of death.
From Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege by Henry W. Nevinson
