doolie
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of doolie
Origin uncertain
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By Christmas vacation in 1960, the doolie class of 772 had been reduced by 123, including 75 who quit because they abhorred the academy.
From Time Magazine Archive
By Christmas vacation in 1961, the doolie class of 802 had lost 61 men, including only 32 who left out of distaste.
From Time Magazine Archive
The world is When a "doolie," a first-year man at the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
The metalled highway ended at Meerut, and I had to perform the remainder of my journey to Peshawar, a distance of 600 miles, in a palankin, or doolie.
From Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief by Frederick Sleigh Roberts
She was not visibly elated when she heard that the doolie contained the first victim of the Tibetan arms.
From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Edmund Candler
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